Ministry official held over forged title deed
By Nancy.Gitonga, July 26, 2022
A civil servant in the Interior Ministry has been detained for presenting a forged title deed to bail out her daughter.
Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi ordered that Dorcas Mugo, a senior administration secretary, be handed over to DCI detectives for investigations to determine the authenticity of a title deed she presented in court to bail out her daughter, Esther Muiruri.
Muiruri is charged with defrauding a businessman Sh34 million in a tender to supply meat in two embassies
Mugo had presented the title deed for a property in Ruiru only for the court to be told that it had been used in another criminal case to bail out a suspect.
Prosecuting Counsel James Gachoka raised concern over the title deed even as Mugo produced photographs of rental houses, which the court noted are similar as those used in another criminal case pending in the same court.
“These are two valuation reports relating to different parcels of land but with photographs of the same houses. I believe there is an attempt to hoodwink the court to approve a surety with questionable documents,” Gachoka told the court.
Case will be mentioned on Friday.