A former Nairobi parliamentary aspirant has been charged with defrauding an international investor of over Sh320 million.
Francis Wambugu Mureithi, who unsuccessfully vied for the Embakasi East parliamentary seat on a Jubilee ticket, was indicted for allegedly defrauding an Eritrean national, Mr Haile Menkerios, of the millions in a tender scam.
Wambugu faced seven counts of obtaining money fraudulently, forgery and uttering forged documents.
Between April 26 and November 3, 2016, the politician was accused of obtaining fraudulently $3,208,000 (Sh320,800,000) from Mr Menkerios, pretending he had genuine contracts from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply foodstuffs to the Department of Defence (DoD).
Besides the DoD tender, State prosecutor Anderson Gikunda told the court that the accused misrepresented to the investor that he had signed an agreement with Mumias Sugar Company to supply sugar to various enterprises in Nairobi and its environs.
“Wambugu also claimed he had been accorded a business service permit with the Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA) to erect a weighbridge in Athi River, a fact he knew to be false,” Mr Gikunda told the court.
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