A man who had implicated Makadara MP Gideon ‘Sonko’ Mbuvi in a land case involving Sh5 million was yesterday arraigned in a Mombasa court where he denied conning a woman. Ruwa Mwaruwe Kurera who faced four counts of forgery, denied obtaining Sh5 million from Jane Wanjiku Githere. He had allegedly cheated the woman that he was in position to sell her a beach plot in Diani, South Coast.
The accused is said to have forged a certificate of lease for the plot Kwale/Diani Beach Block/825 on March 2, 1999. Kurera adversely mentioned Sonko, Kwale Lands Registrar Alex Mutua, Rongai Butchery Proprietor Michael Waweru and a Ms Imelda Kasiaka, in a written confession read in court earlier this year.
In the statement, he had admitted having received the money which was banked in his Equity account, but only ended up taking a total of Sh350,000 in two instances. He later withdrew the written confession prompting Sonko to demand that the court drop all criminal charges against him.
Yesterday, the prosecution told the court that Kurera colluded with others who did not appear before the court and faked signatures belonging to the Kwale district land registrar.
The accused is said to have sold the forged certificate of lease of the plot to Githere, the proprietor of the lavish Moffat Court apartments in Nyali, between April 17 and 20, 2010 before receiving the amount. He was arrested on August 28, the court heard.
He denied the charges before senior resident magistrate James Ombura. Kurera also denied presenting the fake certificate of lease to a Muturi Gakuo at Muturi Gakuo and Kibara Advocates in Mombasa.
Kurera was released on a Sh1 million bond with a similar surety. Ombura rejected his request for a bond transfer. The case will be heard on October 12.
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