William Maina Muturi City Engineer In Court For Defrauding Woman Sh13M In A Fake Borehole Deal
A city Engineer who allegedly defrauded a woman Sh 13M in fake bore hole drilling business has been charged at a Kibera Law Courts.
Mr.William Maina Muturi was charged before Senior Principal Magistrate Samson Temu where he denied the charges.
In court documents seen by Kenya Insights, the accused person alledgly defrauded Judy Njeri Wanja the said amount on the above mentioned ground contrary to the law.
The court heard that the accused person committed the offence on diverse dates between May 21, 2021 and April 21, 2022 within Nairobi County Jointly with others not before the court.
According to the complaint, Mr. Muturi would endlessly ask her for money in the pretext of securing approvals from different authorities in king Nema, NCA, Water Resources and Management Authority and including electricity installation to both sites to all which she obliged and sent.
His lawyer told the court that he had initially attempted to sort the matter out of court with the complainant and urged the court to grant him a lenient bond terms.
The court papers said that the accused person after alledgly receiving the said amount from the complainant in his three bank accounts at KCB, Co-Operative and Standard Chartered Bank, started playing hide and seek prompting her to report the matter to the police station.
The court granted him a cash bail of Sh 200,000 with an alternative bond of Sh 2Million.
The case will proceed later this month for mention and further directions
