A pastor has been charged with defrauding two sisters and their friend living in the United States of America Sh6.8million claiming she would purchase for them plots in Nairobi.
Catherine Wairimu Ng’ang’a of Arise and Healing and Deliverance Church based at Githurai was arraigned at the Milimani law courts.
Pastor Wairimu denied four counts of obtaining money through pretenses when she was charged before senior principal magistrate Zainab Abdul.
The lady pastor aged 53 was accused of defrauding Noel Njeri Ngure, Lilian Muthoni Ngure, and Anne Nyambura Njogu the colossal sum between February and September 2021.
From Noel, the magistrate heard, Pastor Wairimu obtained a million alleging she was in a position to sell to her (Noel Njeri) a parcel of land number Mowlem/Nairobi Block 169/285, a fact she knew to be false.
The pastor who was arrested on May 28, 2023, and placed in police custody was accused of receiving the Sh4m on diverse dates between February 1 and August 12, 2021.
Between March 12 and August 12, 2021, the preacher was accused of receiving Sh1,735,000 from Lilian Muthoni Ngure claiming she was in a position to sell to her a parcel of land number Mowlem/Nairobi Block 169/287, a fact she knew to be untrue.
The third count read that on August 31 and September 24 2021 she received a second trunch of Sh900,000 from Lilian Muthoni Ngure pretending she would sell to her three Stalls at New Wakulima Kangundo Road Market.
The magistrate heard the pastor knew she was lying she was not in a position to sell to Lilian the market stalls.
The fourth count against the preacher was that she defrauded Ann Nyambura Njogu Sh253,200 alleging she was in a position to sell to her a parcel of land Mowlem/Nairobi Block 169/286.
Pastor Wairimu applied to be freed on bail saying she will comply with the court directions.
The prosecution did not oppose her release on bond.
Ms. Abdul, therefore, released her on a cash bail of Sh500,000 plus one conduct person.
Her case will be mentioned on June 12, 2023, for pre-trial directions.
