A former Interior Permanent Secretary was on Wednesday arraigned before a Nairobi Court and charged with Sh 350 million land fraud.
Dave Mwangi was charged before Milimani magistrate Benmark Ekhubi with forging a title of a parcel of land measuring 1.592 hectares valued at Ksh 350 million the property of Hasmita Patel trading Limited.
Early this year, Mwangi was acquitted in the multi-million Agro leasing scandal, was accused of fraudulently obtaining Ksh 12 million from Onda Concrete Limited through pretences that he was in a position to lease to the company a parcel of land.
It is alleged that he forged the signature of a former commissioner of lands Sammy Mwaita on a grant LR No 20261 IR No 90202 dated November 23, 2001.
Mwangi who was arrested on December 3,2024 and detained in custody asked the court to release him on bond saying he is not a flight risk,
The Court released him on Sh 20 million bond or alternative cash bail of Sh 5 million,
The matter will be mentioned on January 21, 2025
