BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
A businessman facing Sh13.7 million fraud alongside five others over fake tender to refurbish Moi International Sport Center has lost a surety of Sh1 million after failing to appear in court.
Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego further issued a warrant for the arrest of Paul Mwangi Warutere after forfeiting the surety.
Senior principal prosecutor Hebert Sonye applied for the warrant arrest against Warutere after his lawyer Gordon Ogado told the court he was not aware of his client whereabouts.
Warutere is charged alongside Stephen Ndungu, Mercy Wangui Gichema,James Warutere Njege, Newtral Enterprises and Topmax media limited.
They are accused of obtaining Sh13.7 million from Jane Wanjiru Kabiruri, an offence they allegedly committed on diverse dates between July 22, 2016 and September 8, 2018 in Nairobi.
It is alleged that they defrauded Wanjiru by falsely pretending that they were in a position to incorporate her in a tender to refurbish Moi International Sports Center and Ligi Ndogo.
They are also accused of incurring a debt from Wanjiru by obtaining services to fabricate containers at Sh1,090,000.00 by falsely pretending that they would pay her upon fabrication was complete and raising her invoice.
The charges stated that they committed the offence on diverse dates between 22nd day of July, 2016 and 12 day of August, 2017 in Nairobi and Kajiado.
The charge sheet state that on 19th day of October, 2017 in Nairobi they jointly with intent to defraud issued cheque for Sh. 40.000.00 to Wanjiru drawn from their company namely Newtral Enterprises Limited Account at Barclays Bank of Kenya limited (ABSA knowing that the said account had insufficient funds.
