A hospital proprietor was on Friday charged with obtaining 3,000 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) kits worth over Sh14.25 million from a businessman by false pretences.
Benson Mugendi Mbaka, a director of Lifeline Group of Hospitals, formerly Kahawa Wendani Hospital in Nairobi was arrested on Thursday after investigations linked him to several incidents of fraud involving medical fake tenders worth over Sh200 million.
The accused person who was unrepresented on Friday denied the fraud charge before Chief Magistrate Joyce Gandani.
Mbaka asked the court to release him saying he is sick and needed to be treated while he is out.
Gandani ordered him to be released on bond of Sh5 million with a surety of similar amount or a cash bail of Sh2 million pending the mention of the case on December 2.
The prosecution alleges that on October 16 at Industrial Area within Nairobi, Mbaka jointly with others not before court with intent to defraud obtained from Joseph Maina Mwangi of 3,000 pieces of PPEs worth Sh14.25 million by falsely pretending that he was able to purchase the same kits, a fact he knew to be false.
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