Man Charged with Defrauding Job Seekers Sh1.5 Million in Fake Police Jobs

A man charged with defrauding four job seekers of Ksh 1.5 million in the guise of enrolling them into the National Police Service (NPS) has been released on bond by a Nairobi court.

Milimani Principal Magistrate Caroline Mugo released Dennis Mugambi Kamwara on a bond of Ksh 1 million with a surety of a similar amount after pleading not guilty to the charge of obtaining money by false pretence.

The court heard that Kamwara, 32, obtained the said money from Gichunuku Elius Mutuma, pretending that he was in a position to recruit his three friends and a relative into the NPS, a false statement.

The alleged offence took place on various dates between November 25 and December 2, 2025, in the Nairobi CBD within the Republic of Kenya, while in the company of others who were not present before the court.

The prosecution told the court that Kamwara lured the complainant by affirming to him that he was well placed and was in a position to recruit the victims into the police force, obtaining Ksh1,540,000 from him.

“The accused knew that he was cheating the complainant, that he was in a position to enrol the victims into the NPS, considering the recruitment exercise had been concluded on November 17, 2025, eight days before the offence,” the prosecution told the magistrate.

After the accused received the money, he went into hiding and was arrested 41 days later.

“Police used a lot of resources before arresting the suspect. I urge this court to take note of the character antecedent of Kamwara as he was put behind bars in 2020 for allegedly engaging in a fish supplements scam during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that engulfed the entire world,” the prosecutor submitted.

She urged the magistrate to impose stringent bail terms as the accused is a repeat offender.

“The accused herein had been arrested in July 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic alongside two others claiming to be selling fish supplements in Nairobi’s Roysambu area,” the prosecution informed the court.

When he was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) alongside two others, they were allegedly using fake names and obtaining money fraudulently.

The prosecutor stated that although bail is a constitutional right, the character and conduct of the accused must be taken into consideration when the court decides on the bail plea.

In her ruling, the magistrate stated that courts must always exercise caution while determining a bail application, but also noted that no compelling reasons were put forward to warrant the bail denial.

She proceeded to release him on a bond of Ksh 1 million with one surety of a similar amount.