Ex-Manager Charged With KSh 356M Theft Must Wait for Ruling on Dubai Business Trip

A Former Oki Trading Company Limited (OTCL) manager, facing theft charges, will continue waiting to know whether the court will temporarily release his passport.

Honey, charged with stealing Ksh 356 million from the company above, had applied to the court last week to temporarily release his passport to travel to Dubai for a business trip.

When the matter came up for mention today before the Milimani senior principal magistrate, Dolphina Alego, the prosecution requested two weeks to file a written submission against the issue.

“Your honor, we are requesting two weeks to file our written submissions against the application by the defence,” the prosecution pleaded through a state counsel, Hillary Isiakho.

The defence lawyer informed the court that they had filed their application in court and served the prosecution, and requested the court to hear the same through written submissions.

“Your honor, we have filed our application providing our grounds on the same, and it is our humble request for the hearing to proceed by way of written submissions,” the defence lawyer prayed.

In giving directions, the magistrate granted the prosecution two weeks to file their response in written form and scheduled the matter to proceed for a hearing on October 13, 2025.

Honey Khatwani, the accused person, had applied for his passport to be released temporarily, claiming that he had a business trip to Dubai, where he had to attend from September 29 to October 16, 2025.

Khatwani was charged with stealing $2,786,174.40 (approximately Ksh . 356,711,174.40) from OTCL, the money that came into his possession through his employment.

The alleged offence occurred at Babadogo in Nairobi County between January 1, 2020, and June 30, 2024.

The court heard that the funds belonged to OKI General Trading Limited and were allegedly stolen by Khatwani while he was a company director.