CAMEROONIAN AND A KENYAN ALLEGEDLY FOUND WITH GADGETS USED IN PRINTING FAKE MONEY

CAMEROONIAN AND A KENYAN ALLEGEDLY FOUND WITH GADGETS USED IN PRINTING FAKE MONEY

By Chris Ojow

One of the Major reasons why Central Bank

of Kenya faced out old one thousands Kenya

shilling notes was to stop fake money printing,

it’s circulation within the Country and money

laundering.

But still business community Nationally are

counting loses after being duped with fake

money, mostly new currency notes of one

thousands Kenya shillings, with the most

affected ones being Mpesa Agents.

A Kenyan male in his 30s with his accomplice a

middle aged Cameroonian Citizen were

arrested on Thursday 30th July 2020 by

Director of Criminal Investigations Detectives

based at Kilimani Police Station Nairobi County,

where they were booked awaiting arraignment.

The Hawk eyed Detectives found Bonny Anjera

Muswati a Kenyan and Utta Robert Kudi

Cameroonian with papers used in making bank

notes /currency amounting to over three million

US dollars and Kenyan currency amounting to

over 0.9 million Kenya shillings.

The two suspects were also found with a

machine used for printing money, white powder

which is alleged to be used during the printing

process.

Bonny and Kudi were arraigned before Nairobi’s

Chief Magistrate Joyce Gandani at Kibera Law

Court on Monday 03rd August 2020 at 12.35

noon East Africa Time and were charged with

two counts of being in possession of

implements of forgery and also being in

possession of special papers used in printing

currency.

The accused Pleaded not guilty to two counts,

through their Officer of the Court Peter Omingo

in a brief application submitted before the duty

Court urged for lenient bond and cash bail.

Where the two accused were released on a

bond of 0.4 million surety of the same or cash

bail of 50,000 Kenya shillings pending trial.