A UK based woman who invested her savings in a clothes business wants her employee to give her back Sh 7 M she invested in the shop that he registered in his name.
In court papers filed in court, Ayni Mahamud says Mohammed Noor who promised to run the shop while she was away, but he instead registered it in his name and not hers.
According to court papers, Noor was employed on a Sh 40,000 salary and she was monitoring the shop from abroad not knowing that it had been registered under Noor’s name.
She says that she met Noor back in 2019 and he promised to help her run a clothes business in Eastleigh and she brought in stock from China.
Ayni further claimed that Noor convinced her that he had knowledge and experience in clothing lines thus she had faith in him
“Ayni solemnly purchased stock being lady clothes from Guangzhou , China for her intended business in Nairobi Kenya,” reads court papers.
But, efforts to register the business hit a snag since she was not a Kenyan citizen, she needed an investor permit to operate in Kenya so she went back to UK and due to Covid she didn’t come until 2021.
“In the meantime, Ayni went to back to the UK, leaving behind Noor to sell and also to complete the process of registering the business, “reads court papers.
Interestingly, Ayni was monitoring the shop from the UK through CCTV cameras installed in the shop not knowing that it was not in her name.
She even ordered more stock for him from china in order to increase the business since she had trusted him with her business.
However, Ayni says when she came back to the country in August 2021 and was shocked to find out that the defendant has registered the business in his own name.
She claims that Noor has declined to hand over the business to her saying that he owns it.
In his response to court, Noor says that the allegation levelled against him were false saying that never took the money without Ayni consent adding that no substantive profits were made because of Corona.
