By Andrew Kariuki

A Nairobi court has charged Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdi with several counts of obtaining money by false pretences in connection with alleged fraudulent land transactions involving property in Karen, Nairobi.

According to the charge sheets, the accused is alleged to have obtained millions of shillings from various complainants after falsely claiming that he was in a position to sell parcels of land identified as L.R. No. 13873 and L.R. No. 13873/10.

The prosecution alleges that between 2016 and 2019, the accused obtained different sums of money from several individuals, including Ksh16 million, Ksh18.7 million, Ksh25 million and Ksh26.5 million, through representations that investigators say were false.

The matter came up for plea before the court, where the accused took plea to the charges. The court released him on a bond of Ksh2 million with an alternative cash bail of Ksh500,000 and directed that two contact persons be provided.

The accused subsequently took plea on an additional charge sheet, with the court maintaining the same bond and bail terms.

The case has been scheduled for pre-trial directions on June 24, 2026.