On Thursday, three individuals accused of gold fraud were arraigned at the Milimani Law Court, facing new charges in a consolidated chargesheet for allegedly acquiring over 343 million Kenyan shillings by deceitfully claiming they could supply gold valued at 142 kilograms.

The three Frank David Kateti,Alain Mwandia Nvita Lukusa and Daniel Otieno Ogot pleaded not guilty of all the four counts before Milimani magistrate Wendy Nyamu who released them on the previous bond terms that were given to them by the previous courts.

Through their lawyer Danstan Omari,the three told the court that they have been supplied with the witness statements by the state ahead of the hearing and the determination of the case.

“We can confirm that we have received all the documents from the state in regards to this matter.”Said Omari

Omari who also applied for the released of the passport of the second accused person was however rejected by the state , according to Omari there was no order in the previous court that directed that the passport be detained.

“The passport of the second accused person is in the hand of the police,there was no order from previous court to detain the passport, we are therefore asking this hounarable to have the said passport be released for the purpose of traveling.”Said Omari

According to the state ,the passport is to secure the attendance of the accused persons in court,he can however seek the leave of the court to have his passport released whenever he wants to travel.

According to the chargesheet,one Frank David Kateti,Alain Mwadia Nvita Lukusa,and Daniel Otieno Ogot,that on diverse date between February 5th 2024 and 13th June 2024 at Nairobi city county, within the Republic of Kenya jointly with others not before court conspire to commit a felony namely stealing a sum of million 341,931,276.107 and 2,018,016 from Asianic limited by falsely pretending that you were in a position to sell 142 kg of gold to the said Asianic limited the fact you knew to be fault.

Four witnesses have been lined up to testify,the matter will be coming up mention on 7th of October 2024.

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Kenya announced a delay Tuesday in its plans to deploy a 1,000-strong police force to Haiti following the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

The decision comes as a result of the altered political landscape in Haiti, with Kenya’s Foreign Minister Korir Sing’oei citing the absence of a counterpart to engage with regarding the mission.

Kenya would “wait until Haiti’s constitutional framework finds its footing again, before making any more moves,” said Korir.

The absence of a clear leadership structure in Haiti complicates matters, as the mission’s effectiveness relies on collaboration with a functioning government, according to Kenya.

Without a stable government to coordinate efforts with, the viability and effectiveness of the proposed mission have come into question.

The initial plan involved sending a significant contingent of police personnel to support peacekeeping and stability efforts in Haiti.

The US has pledged $100 million in funding for the UN-led mission if approved by the American Congress. Several other countries, including Canada, Jamaica and Senegal, have expressed their support for the initiative.

Haiti has been struggling with gang violence and political instability for years. The situation has worsened in recent months, with kidnappings, killings, armed robberies and other violent crimes becoming commonplace.

The Haitian government has requested international assistance to help restore order and security.

There is hope for women in the taxi business after an association that will champion for rights was regestered.

The ‘ She on the Wheel‘ a woman E hailing taxi business was regestered earlier this week and its officials believes that it will be a turning point for women in the taxi industry.

Speaking to the press during its official launch in Nairobi, Jay Bee Masakhwi said that the association will talk on behalf of women in the business. The ladies will now engage with apps owners uber, bolt , little cab, farasi among other apps and strategies on pricing mechanism.

” This association will talk on behalf of women who are in the taxi business, this will help them fight all forms of injustices and all forms of violations of their rights,” Masakhwi said.

She called on women in the industry to quickly join the association for their rights to be protected.

” We are officially Registered ! Join us on our inaugural meeting as we celebrate the baby steps, ” she said.

The association has now embarked on recruitment among other key programmes for the welfare of its members.

More to follow…