A businessman has been charged with conspiring to defraud an individual of 1.3 ha of land worth millions.
Peter Wanjema Mwangi, who was arraigned before Milimani Principal Magistrate Gilbert Shikwe, denied the charges of conspiracy to defraud a parcel of land and forgery of letters of allotments of the said piece of land.
According to the charge sheet in court, Wanjema is charged that on or before 16th June 2010, jointly with others already before the court, he conspired with intent to defraud John Irungu Huma of a parcel of land measuring 1.300 ha.
The court heard that the alleged land had a market value of approximately Sh 230 million in the Kenyan market.
Peter Wanjema Mwangi appeared in Milimani Court
According to the prosecution, Wanjema had deceived Irungu of having genuinely been allocated the said parcel by Nairobi City County.
He is also facing another charge of forging a letter of allotment for the land
reference number 209/1 1391, valued at approximately Sh 230 million, purporting it to be a genuine and valid letter of allotment issued by Nairobi City County to Bahati Development Welfare Association.
The court released Njema on a bond of Sh 1,000,000 or an alternative cash bail of Sh 600,000.
The matter will be mentioned on the 6th of February this year.
