Three individuals have denied multiple charges including conspiracy to commit a felony, stealing, and forgery after appearing before a Milimani court.
Joshua Kipruto Ng’etich, Ernest Njenga Thiiru and Derrick Kiprono Ng’eno were arraigned before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Ben-Mark Ekhubi, where they all pleaded not guilty to the charges leveled against them.
According to the prosecution, the trio jointly conspired to commit a felony, namely stealing, on diverse dates between January 1, 2022 and January 31, 2024 within Nairobi County.
In one of the counts, Ernest Njenga Thiiru was charged with stealing by servant contrary to Section 281 of the Penal Code. The court heard that between January 1, 2022 and November 21, 2023, while working as a bank agent at the African Airlines Association office in South C, Nairobi, Thiiru allegedly stole Ksh 13,756,798 belonging to the organisation, money said to have come into his possession by virtue of his employment.
Derrick Kiprono Ng’eno, alongside Newmark Business Solutions, faces a separate charge of stealing contrary to Section 268(1) as read with Section 275 of the Penal Code. They are accused of stealing USD 35,520 from the African Airlines Association during the same period and at the same premises.
Joshua Kipruto Ng’etich is further charged with forgery contrary to Section 345 as read with Section 349 of the Penal Code. Prosecutors allege that on an unknown date and place within Kenya, Ng’etich forged a memorandum of association for Blue North Solutions Limited, purporting it to have been duly signed by one Symon Peter Cheruiyot, with intent to defraud.
Ng’etich and Blue North Solutions Limited are also jointly charged with stealing Sh 4,220,069 from the African Airlines Association between January 1, 2022 and November 21, 2023.
Kipruto and Njenga were released on a bond of Sh 600,000 while Kiprono, a bond of Sh 1 million or an alternative cashbail of Sh 300,000.