This archive report was first published on 13 July 2020.
July 13, 2020, Nairobi - In a recent development, two Kenyan businessmen have been charged with several counts of acquiring proceeds of crime.
Abdinoor Mohamed Mohamud and Dahir Ahmed Hussein, both businessmen, appeared before Resident Magistrate Muthoni Nzibe and denied the charges.
According to the charges, Mohamud is accused of receiving Kshs. 1,486,039 in proceeds of crime from unidentified persons in South Africa between July 1, 2018, and May 22, 2020, through M-pesa.
Meanwhile, Ahmed is accused of receiving Kshs. 3,599,000 in proceeds of crime from Mohamud Billow Mohamed through Abshir Adan Hanshi, an M-pesa agent based at Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana County, between July 1, 2018, and May 22, 2020.
Both businessmen were released on a cash bail of Kshs. 400,000 pending the hearing of their case.
