One of five accountants accused of conspiring to steal over Ksh 200 million from four logistics companies has been charged in a Mombasa court. Robert Wangila Wandera faced charges of stealing Ksh 200,585,052.00 from Igsar Group Company Limited, Husaaba Trading Company Limited, Sunova International Limited, and Inland Logistics.

Wandera was charged with conspiracy to defraud, stealing by a servant, false accounting, forgery, uttering a false document, providing false information to a public service employee, and money laundering.

Principal Magistrate Hon. Gladys Ollimo heard that the accused, along with others not present in court, conspired to defraud the four companies through fraudulent cash withdrawals at Absa Bank Kenya Limited, account number 2039703583, using Bwanyange Company Limited cheques.

Wandera, an accountant with the logistics firms, also faced charges of making false entries in the companies’ books of accounts, indicating that Bwanyange Limited paid over Ksh 200 million for goods, forex trading remittances, and other transactions. Principal Prosecution Counsel Alex Gituma detailed these charges in court.

Additionally, Wandera was accused of forging the signature of Thomas Evans Huntly on a letter dated 20 May 2020, falsely indicating Huntly’s acceptance as a director of Bwanyange Company Limited. The court also heard allegations that Wandera uttered forged minutes of Bwanyange Limited, signed by Thomas Evans Huntly, and submitted using the E-Citizen account of Anderson Kombe Hare.

Wandera was further charged with providing false information to Business Registration Officer Ann Kanake, using a letter to omit Thomas Evan Huntly as a director and shareholder in Bwanyange Company Limited. He also faced money laundering charges involving the unlawful disposal of Ksh 200,585,052.00 at Absa Bank Limited in Mombasa, funds suspected to be proceeds of crime stolen from the four logistics firms.

The accused denied all charges and was released on a bond of Ksh 2.5 million with a surety of the same amount. The court also summoned his co-accused, Alex Mutemi Mwenga and Barnabas Agar, to appear and plead to the charges.

Two other suspects, Pavan Kentan Ramji Shah and Anderson Kombe Hare, were charged two months ago.

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