• Naomi Vivian Omoto and Douglas Muhanda were arraigned in court on Monday.
• Corporal Johnes Nyangige of DCI Parklands stated that they did not have a specific abode and that they both come from the border of Kenya and Uganda.
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A Magistrates court is expected to issue directions in a case in which two people were charged with stealing Sh1 million from the bank account of Victoria Ann Graham.
Naomi Vivian Omoto and Douglas Muhanda were arraigned in court on Monday.
According to the charge sheet, the two committed the offence on diverse dates between October 16 and December 27, when they withdrew the amount from the bank.
The offence allegedly took place at Westgate Mall and Sarit Centre in Westlands, Nairobi.
They pleaded not guilty and requested the court to release them on bail.
However, the request was opposed by the investigating officer in the case.
Corporal Johnes Nyangige of DCI Parklands stated that they did not have a specific abode and that they both come from the border of Kenya and Uganda.
He further stated that they were arrested in Waroko within Kangemi where they had rented a house.
Relaying the findings of the investigation conducted so far, the prosecutor expressed their apprehensiveness that if Omoto and Muhanda are released, they might escape to another jurisdiction.
"During interrogation, the suspects were not able to disclose their nationality nor show any documentation of their nationality. So there is an uncertainty as to whether they are Kenyans or Ugandans," the court heard.
The prosecution urged the court to deny the request but in the case it decides to grant it, to do the same on the condition that there be a Kenyan contact person.
In response, their defense counsel argued that the suspects come from Busia and are Kenyans.
She observed that Omoto had a Kenyan ID Card and Kenyan relatives.
The lawyer stated that her clients are willing to have their nationality documents investigated by the Registrar of Persons and a report made to the court.
The court directed that the investigation on their nationality be conducted and a report presented on Thursday (today).
Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero's case
The Sh213 million graft case facing former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero is to be mentioned today before trial Magistrate Victor Wakumile.
The case is at its tail end with the investigating officer being the only witness remaining to conclude her session.
In the case, Kidero, former County secretary Lilian Ndegwa, former chief finance officer Jimmy Mutuku Kiamba, former minister in charge of finance and planning Gregory Mwakanongo, former acting chief finance officer Luke Mugo and former acting head of Treasury Maurice Ochieng Okere have denied charges of corruption and economic crime including conspiracy to commit an offence of corruption, abuse of office, fraudulent acquisition of public property, dealing with suspect property, and unlawful failure to pay tax to a public body
The charges against them state that they conspired to commit fraud which led to the loss of Sh213,327,300 at the County Government between January 16, 2014 and January 25, 2016.