A KDF imposter suspected to have conned job seekers on grounds he could secure jobs in the army has been charged at Milimani Law Courts.
Albert Badia alias Peter Mungasa appeared before magistrate Benmark Ekhubi and denied the charges.
He was charged that between September 7, 2023 and September 14, 2023, at Westlands, Nairobi county, with intent to defraud, obtained from Mary Wafula Sh1,007,000 by falsely pretending he could help Wafula's relative to join KDF.
According to an affidavit filed in court, Bandia, at the time of his arrest, on September 17, 2023, was posing as a KDF officer of the rank of major based at the Department of Defence.
He is accused of obtaining Sh1,007,000 from Wafula by falsely pretending that he was able to recruit three of her children.
Police informed the court that Bandia met with Wafula who was desperate to have her son join the army.
“They met around the DoD where they discussed and agreed that he would sell her calling letters at a cost of Sh600,000. She sent him Sh603, 000 through his mobile phone and another Sh154,000 through another mobile number belonging to his accomplice. Wafula would later part with Sh252, 000 in cash," the affidavit reads.
After being issued with the calling letters, Wafula compared them with the ones issued to recruits at the recruitment centres and that is when she realised they were fake.
The police further informed the court that there were other suspects yet to be arrested who were in possession of the fake calling letters.
The investigating officer informed the court that the two were a flight risk as they had no known abode.
Badia was released on Sh600,000 bond. The case will be mentioned, at a date yet to fixed, next month.
