NGO Executive Faces Charges of Embezzling Sh17 Million in Shop Goods
A former Non-Governmental Organization executive has been charged with stealing assorted shop goods worth Sh 17 million from an investment company.
Elius Kemboi Korir was charged before a Milimani senior principal magistrate Benmark Ekhumbi with two counts of stealing and obtaining goods through pretenses.
Korir denied obtaining fraudulently assorted shop goods from Kanduyi Investments Limited valued at Sh 17,110,000.
The charges claimed that Korir had falsely pretended to be in a position to pay for the goods which was a false fact.
The former NGO official is accused of receiving the goods on diverse dates between August and September 2022 in Nairobi County.
In the theft charge, he is accused of stealing the shop goods within the same span of period.
Applying to be released on bond, Korir, aged 41 said the complainant had filed a civil case at the High Court seeking payment of the same amount quoted in the charge sheet.
The magistrate heard that Korir was arrested while leaving the High Court where the civil case was being heard by a judge,
“The investigating officer filed this case in a bid to pressure the accused to pay the money quoted in the charge sheet,” he said.
The court heard that the accused had paid Sh 3 million to the company.
The magistrate heard the move by the police to charge the accused as an abuse of the court process since the same matter is being adjudicated at the High Court.
He presented to the magistrate a raft of documents in respect of the High Court matter.
The accused also availed the magistrate of E-mail correspondence about the payments.
The prosecution protested the accused position saying all the amount in question was paid to the account of the accused,
“What the accused is not telling this court is that the monies in question was directly deposited to his personal account,” said the prosecutor.
The accused was remanded in custody for a pre-bail report on whether to release him on bond or not.
