A Kenyan politician who was recently charged with obtaining Ksh24,263,780 ($187000) by false pretences in a Mombasa court has been slapped with a similar charge again.
Simon Ekai Ewoi appeared before Mombasa Senior Resident Magistrate David Odhiambo to face the fifth count of obtaining Ksh8,049,000 (000) from Lydiah Mary Munyoki.
Magistrate Odhiambo heard that the Turkana politician solicited the money by falsely claiming that the Central Bank of Kenya had frozen his assets and that he required help to unfreeze them.
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He allegedly told the complaint that in exchange, he would buy her a parcel of land, a fact he knew to be false.
The charge sheet stated that he committed the offence in Mombasa County between January 11, 2022, and July 18, 2022.
He denied the charge and was released on a Ksh4 million ($31000) surety bond.
The court directed that the matter be mentioned on April 24, 2024.
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