Frank David Kateti
Alain Mwandia Nvita Lukusa
Daniel Otieno Ogot
Frank David Kateti, Alain Mwandia Nvita Lukusa, and Daniel Otieno Ogot pleaded not guilty to all four counts before Milimani Magistrate Wendy Nyamu, who released them on the same bond terms set by previous courts.
On Thursday, the three alleged serial gold fraudsters were charged afresh at Milimani Law Courts. They face consolidated charges for allegedly obtaining over 43 million Kenyan shillings by falsely claiming they could supply gold worth 142 kg.
Through their lawyer Danstan Omari, the three told the court that they had 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 regarding this matter.”Said Omari
Omari who also applied for the release 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 the previous court to detain the passport, we are therefore asking this honorable to have the said passport be released to travel.”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 charge sheet, one Frank David Kateti, Alain Mwadia Nvita Lukusa, and Daniel Otieno Ogot, on diverse dates 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 the fault.
Four witnesses have been lined up to testify, the matter will be mentioned on the 7th of October 2024.