Sh9 million gemstone fraud case to be heard on July 29

The hearing of a case in which a businessman Edwin Ochieng Oduk is charged with defrauding a French national of$59,994 (at least Sh9 million) while pretending he was in position to sell him gemstones in Qatar has been adjourned to July 29.

In the case Edwin Ochieng Oduk is charged with defrauding William Tuil a French businessman the said amount after pretending that he could deliver the said minerals to him a fact he knew to be false. The case was scheduled for hearing before Kibera senior magistrate Christine Njagi (pictured) but did not proceed after the complainant was reported to be unwell and out of the country.

A senior state prosecutor applied for adjournment and further asked the court to allow the French Naitional to testify virtually during the next hearing date. The magistrate granted the request and directed the case to be heard virtually on July 29,2024.