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A senior police detective yesterday told a Nairobi court he arrested a real estate agent from Karen estate after completing investigations into a Sh16 million fraud case against him.

Chief Inspector Benjamin Chelang’a, a deputy DCIO Kasarani concluded his testimony saying that during investigations, he established that the accused person made several transactions after fraudulently obtaining the money from a New York based private auditor.

Chelang’a took Milimani Chief magistrate Susan Shitubi (pictured) through several bank documents which indicating that the complainant operated the bank accounts at the two banks namely Equity Bank Limited and National Industrial Credit Bank Limited.

He told court that the accused Stephen Njoroge Mbugua, a real estate agent lied to the complainant Joseph Gitau, a New York based auditor that he was in a position to purchase for him land in Karen, Nairobi county.

Chelang’a also took the court through bank statements showing how the complainant deposited money to pay Mbugua.

Elsewhere, the government is set to expand the Immigration office in Bungoma South Sub-County to promote efficiency.

The Cabinet Secretary Interior and Administration Kithure Kindiki said plans were underway to rehabilitate the office and post more Immigration officers, alongside providing adequate equipment for effective service delivery.

The CS regretted the frequent delays in the processing of passports and assured the residents that the government was making every effort to streamline the processing of passports to make it easier and faster for them to acquire the document.

Kindiki who was speaking at the Bungoma County Commissioner’s office after a visit to the Immigration Department Offices in Bungoma South and Lwakhakha yesterday said the reforms would be done by June this year.