ALLEGED THIEVES: FATHER ,SON AND DAUGHTER CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO STEAL OVER 176M RISK BOND WITHDRAWAL

ALLEGED THIEVES: FATHER ,SON AND DAUGHTER CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO STEAL OVER 176M RISK BOND WITHDRAWAL

By Chris Ojow

The three accused family members who

were charged with several counts of

stealing ,obtaining registration by

false pretense and conspiracy to steal

over 176 million Kenya shillings risk

being remanded in the Country Maximum

Prison for the entire trial , after the

trial Court was informed of alleged

interference with the evidence and

breaching court conditions by visiting

the scene of crime .

A Father in his 60s , Son in his 30s and

Daughter in her 20s were accused in

affidavit filed before the trial Court

by the State Prosecution of violating

the court directions while issuing bond

terms against the accused James Ndwiga

Muchungu, Ian Nyaga Ndwiga and Lisa

Mumbi Ndwiga , where Nairobi’s Chief

Magistrate warned the accused of dire

consequences if the bond conditions are

breached .

The Complainant through his Officer of

the Court . Dunstan Omari , a

Constitutional Lawyer informed the Court

that the company CCTV footage where the

three accused were employed clearly

captured the second accused Ian Nyaga

Ndwiga in the company of several

unidentified people walking in at

Meridian Acceptance Limited , which is

owned by Eduardo Hernandez Ciriza and

allegedly took away Items reserved by

the State Prosecution as evidence

materials in a secured crime scene ,

before the Country dreaded Directorate

of Criminal Investigation ( DCI )

officers were yet to complete their

preliminary investigations that includes

dusting , statement recordings.

In the affidavit filed before Nairobi’s

Chief Magistrate Court , the State

Prosecution urged the Court to forfeit

the bond and cash bail given to the

three accused by the duty Court for

breaching the conditions.

The State Prosecution further informed

the court that after the second accused

was captured entering the secured crime

scene , several items including: one

laptop , two CPU , Computer server , two

Mobile phones , four UB TP Links , two

mouse , backups system, computer

keyboard , power cables all valued at

335.000 Kenya shillings was missing .

The accused invited problems to

themselves by entering into the premises

owned by their former employer Eduardo

Hernandez Ciriza and taking away the

items against the Court directions

issued on 19th of August year 2021

The accused were arrested on 06th of

August year 2021 without a warrant of

arrest and given a police bond of 20.000

each where they were directed by the

Investigating Officer to appear before

duty Court at Milimani Law Court on 13th

of August same year , to answer to

charges of Conspiracy to steal over 176

million Kenya shillings, stealing over

53 million , obtaining false

registration by false pretense.

The accused were released on hash court

conditions pending trial .