Elius Kemboi Korir, Andrew Masaku, Amos Njuguna Wamaitha, and Halima Samson Mwongera alias Halima Saado
Four individuals have been charged with conspiring to defraud a company of goods valued at more than Sh19.8 million under the guise of a school feeding programme.
The accused — Elius Kemboi Korir, Andrew Masaku, Amos Njuguna Wamaitha, and Halima Samson Mwongera alias Halima Saado — are alleged to have obtained foodstuffs from businesswoman Josephine Karambu Kaberia, trading as Talos Group Kenya Limited.
According to the charge sheet, the goods included 2,550 sacks of 25kg Biriyani Pakistan rice, 1,550 jerricans of 10 litres of cooking oil, 500 pieces of Menengai washing bar soap, 550 sacks of brown sugar, and 400 bales of 24kg wheat flour, all worth Sh19,820,000.
The prosecution told the court that the offence was committed on diverse dates between August 31 and September 17, 2024, in Nairobi, with the intent to defraud.
Elius Kemboi Korir, Andrew Masaku, Amos Njuguna Wamaitha, and Halima Samson Mwongera alias Halima Saado
In a second count, the four were accused of obtaining goods worth Sh13,801,000 from the same company by falsely pretending they were purchasing them for a school feeding programme under the name Women and Youth Against Aids and Poverty (WAYAAP).
Masaku, Wamaitha, and Mwongera denied the charges when they appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego. Korir failed to attend court for plea-taking.
The court further heard that the four were charged afresh after their cases, previously filed separately, were consolidated into a single case.
All the accused persons remain out on cash bail pending the hearing and determination of the matter.
