KEMSA fraud tender accused Faith Mwikali Defrauded a Nigerian National Sh 25M Using forged documents,court told yesterday.
Appearing before Milimani Law Courts Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi,a witness in that fraud case said Mwikali obtained the money from Jude Olabayo Veracruz.
He told the court that the accused arrest emernated from an incident in May 2022 when she walked into the Guarantee Trust Bank and requested to speak with the CEO.
The CEO who is the complainant in the matter says the suspect claimed to have some Sh.70 million in her account, for which she needed financial advice.
The complainant offered professional financial advice and advised her to make her own decision.
The court heard that the accused person would return days later with a different request for money, claiming that she needed it to pay off her mother’s medical bills.
The court was told that a month later, she called the complainant again, this time claiming to be representing Raila Odinga, who she claimed had recently won a Sh.19 million tender to supply Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) to the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA).
Ndiwa presented the said tender documents, contract and bill of lading documents to the Complainant under Hon. Raila Odinga to complete the tender.
According to the investigations, the suspect told the complainant that Raila Odinga’s son-in-law had already paid Sh.8 million, but the balance was needed to clear the nets, which she claimed were already on a timer at the Mombasa port.
She promised the complainant a share of the cut once KEMSA paid for the tender.
She also convinced the complainant that the payment would be made within one month, and as a result, the complainant deposited the funds into the suspect’s bank accounts.
