A 34-year-old woman who allegedly defrauded her friend over Kshs.7 million in a tender deal  has been charged.

Prisibenta Mutethya Nguta appeared before Mombasa senior resident magistrate David Odhiambo, where she pleaded not guilty  to the charges of conspiracy to defraud Lilian Mutheu Timothy .

The court heard that on diverse dates between May 29, 2024 and July 9, 2024, at Urban area within Mombasa county,Nguta  jointly with others not before court conspired to defraud Timothy

She was further slapped with two more counts of cheating whereby police disclosed that upon fraudently obtaining the Kshs.7 million she again falsely informed the complainant that they would partner with her to supply one million tea packaging materials to KTDA management services a fact she knew to be false.

However after she had received the money from the complainant and upon several attempts to follow up ,on where the  progresses of the shipment of the packaging materials had reached by the complainant, she was removed from a WhatsApp group that had been created by the suspect and later blocked.

Additionally, Nguta was slapped with a third count of resisting arrest from police constables,Gideon Mutunga,Loise Mailu, and Bernard Mumo, who were acting in due execution of their duties.

The court ordered the suspect to be released on a bond of kshs 1 million with one similar surety.

The matter will be mentioned on October 21 for pretrial purposes.

Written By: Peter Maseke.