A Nairobi Court yesterday ordered a criminal case where a travel agent accused of defrauding Sh 7.9 million from Golden Key Travel Consultants company clients to be mentioned April 28.
When the case came up for mention before Milimani principal magistrate Dolphina Alego, defence lawyers applied for adjournment, saying a High Court case is not yet determined.
The case is set for mention on March 24 when the direction is expected to be given in the matter.
However, the magistrate on her part directed the case to be mentioned on April 28 for the purpose of confirming the High Court decision in the same case.
Brian Reeves Obare is accused of obtaining money amounting Sh 7,948,650 from Nancy Najira Odhungo being money paid by the Visa Applicants at Golden Key Travel Consultants company, by falsely pretending that he was in a position to process travel visas at the Canadian Embassy for the said clients, a fact he knew to be false.
Obare is alleged to have committed on diverse dates between January 1,2022 and January 31, 2024 in Nairobi, with intent to defraud.
Earlier Obare’s lawyer had made an application to have the plea taking deferred grounds that the accused is unwell having suffered injuries at the time of arrest.
The court also heard that there is a miscellaneous application at Kibera Law Courts where the accused was detained for 10 days to allow police to complete investigations.
However, the accused filed an application at the High Court in Kibera where the court admitted him to bail terms that have not been adhered to police.
This is because the police rearrested him upon being released and produced him at Milimani Law Courts for plea taking.
However, the same had been opposed by the prosecution who also applied to have the accused person denied bail on grounds that he is at flight risk.
The court heard that Obare is a frequent traveller outside the country and holds a government of Seychelles employee card.
