| Written by Kelly Were |
Two businesspeople, Mohammed Abdullahi and Zamzam Ahmed, were granted bail by a Nairobi court after individually entering not guilty pleas to accusations of not presenting legal import documentation for their goods.
The two appeared in court on Thursday after being arrested for allegedly running their businesses in the Eastleigh area without the necessary order letters for imported products.
Represented by his lawyer John Swaka, Mohammed Abdullahi was charged with refusing to show the documents on October 1, 2025, as he sold milk products at BRT Com Wholesalers on Eastleigh Road.
His lawyer told the court that Abdullahi, a small-scale businessperson, had cooperated with investigators. Pleading for leniency, the lawyer asked for a cash bail of five thousand shillings.
The prosecution, however, objected to these simple terms and asked the court to impose additional bail conditions. The presiding magistrate, after considering arguments from both sides, decided that Abdullahi should be released on a cash bail of ten thousand shillings with one surety.
An additional order was issued by the court for the defense to receive all pertinent legal papers, which include copies of witness statements. The mention for Mohammed Abdullahi’s case is set for October 16, 2025.
In a related case, Zamzam Ahmed faced a comparable charge of failing to supply an investigating officer with order letters for imported items. This charge originated from operations at Hafla Wholesalers and Salama Wholesalers, also on Eastleigh Road in the Starehe Sub-County, on the first of this month.
According to the prosecution, Ahmed was selling dairy products and declined to provide the required documentation for goods ordered from overseas.
Zamzam Ahmed also pleaded not guilty in court. The magistrate subsequently released her on a cash bail of ten thousand shillings. A hearing for her case is scheduled in Court 6 on the sixteenth of this month.
