Alice Nyawira has been charged with obtaining over Sh 2 million by false pretenses in a scheme linked to alleged fraudulent police recruitment promises.
Alice Nyawira, also known as Alicia Nyawira, appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Theresia Nyangena and denied the charges against her.
She is accused of jointly with others not before the court of defrauding Margaret Wangui Njunguna of Sh 2,070,000 between November 18, 2025, and December 25, 2025, within Nairobi County.
According to the chargesheet in court, the accused falsely claimed she was in a position to facilitate the recruitment of four individuals into the National Police Service, a representation she allegedly knew to be false.
The charge is contrary to Section 313 of the Penal Code, which criminalises obtaining money through false pretences with intent to defraud.
The court further heard that Nyawira allegedly acquired the Sh2,070,000 through Safaricom M-Pesa numbers registered in her name, knowing or having reason to believe that the funds were proceeds of crime.
She faces an alternative charge of possession of proceeds of crime contrary to Section 4(c) as read with Section 16 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act.
The prosecution further alleges that the accused transacted the said amount through the same mobile money accounts despite knowing the funds were derived from criminal activity, forming the basis of a third count of use of proceeds of crime under Section 4(b) of the same Act.
The court released Nyawira on a bond of Sh 1 million or an alternative cash bail of Sh 500,000.
The matter will be mentioned on 16th March
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