former Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) managers have been charged with stealing Sh 521.9 million (USD 4.1 million) from the national carrier. Contrary to the law.
The four: Jackson Kiruti Njiiri, Elias Kyalo Ngao, Elijah Itegi Githinji, and Grace Wamuyu Mathenge face seven
counts of conspiracy to steal, forgery, and money laundering in the Milimani court.
Although they were charged together, the charges against Jane were later withdrawn by the director of public prosecution.
They were charged before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Robison Ondieki on February 14, contrary to the law. The four accused are charged alongside former Dubai Bank Kenya Limited chairman Hassan Ahmed.
Zubeidi did not enter a plea because his lawyer was absent.
In the first count, the accused are jointly charged with conspiracy to steal KES 521,939,870 (USD 4,152,610) from Kenya Airways between 2013 and 2015 at Dubai Bank Kenya Limited, which was placed under receivership by the Central Bank of Kenya in 2015.
Githinji and Wamuyu are further accused of stealing KES 13.5 million (USD 107,407) at the bank’s
Eastleigh branch between February 11 and January 13, 2015.
Additionally, Githinji is charged with stealing KES 2.5 million (USD 19,889) at the bank’s Nakuru
branch. He is further charged with two counts of having forged a Citibank report for KES 21.9 million.
(USD174,225) and KES13.5 million.
Wamuyu alone was charged with stealing KES 8.5 million (USD 67,625) from the Eastleigh branch.
between April 13 and May 27, 2015.
All defendants are also accused of money laundering.
In the same case, the prosecution has listed a chief executive officer at the carrier to testify on the same matter.
The fraud was first revealed by a whistleblower in July 2015, when a bank guarantee for fuel supply to
Kenya Airways turned out to be fake.
The accused persons were, however, released on their earlier bail terms of KES 2 million.
The court directed that the matter proceed on April 27, 2023.