Khalif Kairo, a city car dealer today moved Milimani Chief Magistrate Court with an application to have his passport temporarily released for seven days to enable him to travel to the United States to attend a fundraising event.
Kairo through his advocate told court that he had sometimes in 2024 secured a travel ticket to the USA for the said fundraiser and therefore it was necessary that his passport would be issued to him to facilitate his travel.
Kairo who is out on cash bail of Ksh 2M in cases he is accused of defrauding his clients over Ksh 5 million pretending he would facilitate purchasing motor vehicles for them, informed the court that he was not a flight risk and would be back once done with his business in the US.
Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina directed that the matter be mentioned on January 31 to confirm the filing of documents that will lay the basis for the release of the passport.
In the case, Khalif Kairo is charged that on diverse dates between July 29, 2024 and November 16, 2024 at unknown location within Nairobi, by means of fraudulent means induced Dona Ayalo Okoth to transfer Ksh 2,984,998 into his account by falsely pretending that he would purchase him a motor vehicle Subaru outback.
In another charge, Kairo is accused of fraudulently tricking Jeff Kyule Munane to transfer Ksh 2,145,150 into his account by falsely pretending he would facilitate importation of a motor vehicle make Honda Vezel Hybrid from Japan which he never delivered.
