This archive report was first published on 13 December 2019.
Published on December 13, 2019, a Nairobi businesswoman, Everlyne Jenifer Mwakha, has been charged with obtaining over Sh18 million by falsely pretending to incorporate a business that would benefit the complainant.
According to the charge sheet, Mwakha allegedly committed the offence between January 17 and August 15, 2014, within Nairobi county. She is accused of obtaining Sh18.7 million from Clarence Amuhoyi by falsely pretending that she was in a position to incorporate him into a business that would benefit him with good income, a fact she knew to be false.
Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku adjourned the case after Mwakha's lawyer claimed she was sick and needed to undergo an operation at a hospital. However, the complainant, Clarence Amuhoyi, asked the court to investigate whether Mwakha was indeed sick and awaiting an operation as she had claimed.
Mwakha denied the charges and was released on a cash bail of Sh100,000 or bond of Sh200,000, which was paid by her son, a prominent city lawyer and pastor.
The case will be heard on March 3, 2020.
