By Reporter.

A Nairobi court has adjourned a case in which a businessman is facing Sh102 million fraud charges.

The court allowed the adjournment of the trial of Jonathan Ngenga Ndisya after the court was informed that is advocate had gotten an emergency matter.

Ngenga who is the director of Joncil Enterprises urged trial court Magistrate Lucas Onyina to postpone his case.

He has been charged alongside accountant Peter Kamau Njuguna.

The trial Magistrate allowed the application and directed the matter to be mentioned on March 2 for further directions.

In the criminal case, prosecution alleges that the two committed the offence between 1 July 2018 and 31 March 2020 at Agro Irrigation & Pump Services Limited Offices, in Nairobi County.

It is alleged that they jointly conspired to defraud the firm.

Njuguna had been employed as an accountant at Agro Irrigation & Pump Services Limited while Ndisya is the director of Joncil Enterprises.

It is alleged that they falsely pretended that Joncil Enterprises had deposited the Sh. 106,822,690 to Agro’s bank account, for the goods supplied to Joncil Enterprises.

Njuguna is further accused of stealing Sh. 4,777,094, from the company by fraudulently transferring the money to his personal account.

The charge sheet stated that the money which came into his possession by virtue of his employment.

They are out on bail.