Two men were arraigned today before Magistrate Lucas Onyina at the Milimani Law Courts, facing multiple charges for allegedly defrauding two Kenyan women of Kshs 860,000 by promising them non-existent employment in the United Kingdom.
George Ndung’u Ngugi and John Kahura Kinyanjui were charged following their arrest on September 26, 2025, in a prosecution brought by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The charges outline an alleged scheme that unfolded between April 1 and July 10, 2025, within Nairobi’s Central Business District. The core accusation, a conspiracy to defraud contrary to Section 317 of the Penal Code, states that the two accused men jointly planned to deceive their victims.
They are alleged to have falsely presented themselves as being in a position to secure job opportunities in the UK for Alice Njeri Kamau and Joyce Wairimu Mwicigi, a fact the prosecution asserts they knew to be untrue from the outset.
The specific allegations state that Alice Njeri Kamau was defrauded of Kshs 460,000, while Joyce Wairimu Mwicigi lost Kshs 400,000. George Ndung’u Ngugi faces direct charges for obtaining these sums by false pretences. One count details that on July 9, 2025, he obtained Kshs 460,000 from Ms. Kamau, and another count states he obtained Kshs 400,000 from Ms. Mwicigi the very next day, July 10, 2025.
The case incorporates serious money laundering charges against Mr. Ndung’u. The prosecution detailed the movement of the allegedly illicit funds, charging him with acquisition of proceeds of crime. The charge sheet specifies that the Kshs 460,000 was transferred from Alice Njeri Kamau’s Cooperative Bank account to his Equity Bank account.
Similarly, the Kshs 400,000 was sent from Joyce Wairimu Mwicigi’s K-Unity Savings and Credit Co-operative Society account into the same Equity Bank account. The prosecution’s position is that at the time of receiving these funds, Mr. Ndung’u knew or ought to have known that the money was the proceeds of crime, specifically monies obtained by false pretences. For each transaction, an alternative charge of possession of proceeds of crime was also presented.
