Braxwell Wanjala Shiundu
City businessman Braxwell Wanjala Shiundu has been fined Ksh 150,000 by the Milimani Law Court, with the alternative of serving a one-year prison sentence. Shiundu was found guilty of a criminal offense involving obtaining money by pretense.
The court’s decision highlights the legal consequences of fraudulent financial activities in Kenya. By enforcing such penalties, the judiciary aims to deter similar offenses in the future. Braxwell Wanjala Shiundu’s case serves as a reminder of the importance of ethical conduct in business dealings to avoid severe legal repercussions.
In a brief judgment delivered on 9th of August 2024, Milimani magistrate Benmark Ekhubi, however, acquitted his co-accused who is also the sister Susan Awino Wanjala for what he termed as lack of enough evidence by the prosecution.
According to the magistrate, the prosecutor proved beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Wanjala the first accused person received the money from the complainant.
According to the charge sheet, Wanjala a politician obtained a sum of 100,000 USD by pretense that he was indeed in a position to secure a job for one Dr Ali Raza
“On diverse dates between May 2017 and March 2018 at Parklands in Nairobi, within Nairobi County, jointly with others not before court, with intent to defraud, you obtained from Dr. Ali Raza a sum of 100,000 USD, equipment to ksh 10,000,000,(Ten Million) by falsely pretending that you were in a position to secure a job as an ambassador to Kenya in Brazavile Congo to the said Dr Ali Raza” a fact you knew to be false.”Read the chargesheet.
