The Milimani Magistrates Court has heard testimony detailing how a company director allegedly forged board meeting minutes and a co-director’s signature in order to transfer two company-owned motor vehicles into his personal name.
While testifying before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Teresia Nyangena, a forensic document examiner from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) told the court that one of the signatures appearing on documents used to transfer the vehicles was forged.
Inspector Vincent Chilongo, who is attached to the DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road, explained that he conducted a forensic analysis on documents presented by the complainant to establish whether the signatures were authentic.
The disputed document contained minutes allegedly signed by Boniface Gichane Maina, a co-director of Digitalent Systems Limited, authorising the accused, Boris Owiye Agonga, to transfer ownership of two vehicles belonging to the company.
The vehicles in question are a Land Rover Discovery registration number KDL 560Z, valued at approximately Ksh6.8 million, and a Nissan Sylphy registration number KCZ 648X, valued at about Ksh1.2 million.
According to the prosecution, the purported minutes indicated that Agonga had been appointed as the company representative with access to the company’s eCitizen and NTSA portals, giving him authority to process the transfer of the vehicles.
However, the court heard that Maina denied holding any board meeting to approve the transfer of the vehicles and also denied signing the minutes presented to authorities.
He subsequently reported the matter to the DCI for investigation.
Inspector Chilongo told the court that he analysed several signature samples provided for comparison and determined that the signatures were not made by the same person.
“When I examined the three signature specimens provided, I concluded that different authors made them,” he testified.
The court also heard from Corporal Charles Malowa, an investigator attached to the DCI Serious Crime Unit, who told the court that investigations at the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) linked the accused to the transfer of the vehicles.
Malowa testified that investigators obtained documents showing that the Land Rover Discovery (KDL 560Z) had been purchased by Digitalent Systems Limited from Cars Guru Limited through a sale agreement dated August 15, 2024.
He further told the court that the Nissan Sylphy (KCZ 648X) had earlier been acquired by the company from Fortune Automobiles Limited under a sale agreement dated May 27, 2022.
According to the investigator, records showed that both vehicles were transferred to the accused on June 12, 2025, based on the minutes that had been submitted to NTSA.
The court heard that Maina and Agonga are both directors of Digitalent Systems Limited, each holding 450 shares out of the company’s total 900 shares.
Agonga is facing multiple charges including stealing by director, making and uttering forged documents, and obtaining registration by false pretences.
The court is expected to deliver a ruling on March 18, 2026, to determine whether the prosecution has established a case for the accused to answer.
