A city parliamentary loser in the 2017 General Election has been charged with defrauding an international investor over Sh320 million in goods supplies scam.
Francis Wambugu Mureithi, who unsuccessfully contested for the Embakasi East parliamentary seat on a Jubilee ticket was indicted for allegedly defrauding an Eritrean national Haile Menkerios the cash in a tender scam.
Mr Wambugu faced seven counts of obtaining money fraudulently, forgery and uttering forged documents.
Between April 26 and November 3, 2016, the politician was accused of obtaining fraudulently $3,208,000 (Sh320.8 million) from Mr Menkerios, pretending he had genuine contracts from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply foodstuffs to its Department of Defence (DoD).
Besides the DoD tender, State prosecutor Anderson Gikunda told chief magistrate Martha Mutuku that the accused misrepresented to the investor that he had signed an agreement with Mumias Sugar Company Limited to supply sugar in Nairobi and its environs.
“Mr Wambugu also claimed he had been accorded a business service permit with the Export Processing Zone Authority to erect a weighbridge in Athi River, a fact he knew to be false,” Mr Gikunda told the court.
The politician allegedly used his firm known as Doc Find Company Limited to misrepresent the tender issue to Mr Menkerios.
The case will be mentioned in a fortnight for pre-trial directions.
