Three businessmen have been charged with forging land title deeds and stamps with intent to defraud unsuspecting citizens.
The three, Livingston Ambayi Munala, Leonard Clifford Wafula and Paul Muigai Kimani appeared before the Milimani senior principal magistrate Benmark Ekhubi facing 18 counts of making false documents, forgery and being in possession of public stores.
Ambayi separately faced with 16 counts of making false documents and being in possession of instrument capable of making stamps impression and fake land documents.
The court heard that, on or before March 28, 2025, at an unknown place within the republic of Kenya jointly with others not before the court, with intent to defraud and without lawful authority, or excuse made a title deed serial No. 3894792 purporting it to be valid and genuine document printed by the Government printer of Kenya.
He was also charged with making forged title deeds serial numbers 0009913, 29131 and 0009912 with intent to defraud and deceive purporting the same to be genuine documents printed by the government of Kenya.
On the same period and time in a house along Desai Road in Starehe Sub-county within Nairobi county, had in his possession of public stores namely Fees receipt 6473492 of the state Department for Lands, 9 Green Cards of serial numbers GPK (SP) 7213-200 -05-2023 such properties being reasonably suspected of having been stolen or unlawfully obtained.
Wafula on his part was charged with being on possession of public stores. On March 28, 2025, in his house at Umoja area within Nairobi city county with the republic of Kenya, had in his possession 113 International Certificates of Vaccination Ou de Prophylaxis of the Ministry of Health, such properties being suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained.
Kimani also faced with a charge of being in possession of public stores namely two file covers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations DCI which were suspected to be acquired unlawfully.
They denied the charges leveled against them by the prosecution.
The defense lawyers prayed the release of the accused persons on reasonable terms citing that they have been in custody since March 28, 2025,
“Your honour the accused persons have been in custody for two weeks and I urge you to consider releasing them on lenient cash bail,” the lawyer submitted.
State prosecutor Sonia Njoki did not oppose their release on bond but urged the magistrate to consider the nature of the offence and release them on reasonable terms.
In giving directions, the magistrate released Livingston Ambayi Munala was released on bond of Ksh 2 million with alternative cash bail of Ksh 1 million with a surety and a contact person .
Wafula and Kimani were granted a bond of Ksh 600,000 with a surety of the same or alternative cash bail of Ksh 300,000 with one contact person each.
