A criminal case against a Real estate agent who claimed to have contracted Chickenpox after receiving over Sh16million from a New York-based private auditor will proceed for hearing today.
The case will be heard before Milimani Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi.
Previously, the case against Stephen Njoroge Mbugua did not proceed since the prosecution was not ready after two witnesses who had been summoned to testify failed to turn up in court due to the pressure of work at their respective workplaces.
The two witnesses are from Equity Bank and NCBDA bank
Lawyer Robert Asembo who is watching brief for the complainant told the court that the case has been pending in court since 2019. He asked the court to compel the prosecution to proceed with the case without further delay.
During the last hearing, the court was told that Mbugua allegedly contracted Chickenpox after receiving over 16 million from Joseph Gitau and flew to the Philippines.
Pleading for justice, complainant Joseph Gitau had urged the court to legally avenge him since “it is well over three years since he paid for the land and nothing has forthcome.”
Mbugua has since denied defrauding Sh16 million pretending he would sell Gitau half an acre of land in the leafy Karen Estate, near Hillcrest.
Gitau said he wired the money into the accused’s Dollar Account held at Equity Bank Karen Branch on October 1, 2017.
“Soon after I transferred the money through New York Bankers I called Mbugua for him to confirm whether he had received the same in his Dollar Account, at the Equity Bank, Karen Branch,” recalled Gitau.
He told the court that Mbugua confirmed receipt of the money after three days as he had switched off his phone, then flew to the Philippines for specialised treatment after allegedly contracting Chickenpox.
