A Nairobi court has released two businesspeople on bail after they separately pleaded not guilty to charges of failing to produce legal documentation for imported goods.
Mohammed Abdullahi and Zamzam Ahmed faced the court on Thursday following their arrests for allegedly operating without the required order letters for imported products at their respective premises in the Eastleigh area.
Mohammed Abdullahi, represented by his lawyer John Swaka, was accused of refusing to produce the documents on October 1, 2025, while selling milk products at BRT Com Wholesalers along Eastleigh Road.
In his defense, his lawyer informed the court that Abdullahi was a small-scale businessperson who had been cooperative with investigators. The lawyer pleaded for leniency and requested a cash bail of five thousand shillings.
The prosecution team, however, opposed the simple terms and requested the court to attach additional conditions to the bail. After hearing from both sides, the presiding magistrate ruled that Abdullahi be released on a cash bail of ten thousand shillings with one surety.
The court further issued an order for the defense to be supplied with all relevant legal documents, including copies of statements from witnesses. The case against Mohammed Abdullahi is scheduled for mention on October 16, 2025.
In a parallel case, Zamzam Ahmed was charged with a similar offense of failing to provide order letters for imported goods to an investigating officer. The charge stemmed from activities at Hafla Wholesalers and Salama Wholesalers, also located on Eastleigh Road within the Starehe Sub-County, on the first of this month.
The prosecution stated that Ahmed was selling dairy products and refused to present the necessary documentation for goods ordered from abroad.
Zamzam Ahmed also entered a plea of not guilty before the court. She was subsequently released by the magistrate on a cash bail of ten thousand shillings. Her case has been scheduled for a hearing at Court 6 on the sixteenth of this month.
