By Andrew Kariuki
The Milimani Magistrates court has heard that a company director allegedly forged board meeting minutes and a co-director’s signature to transfer two motor vehicles belonging to the firm into his own name.
The testimony was presented before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Teresia Nyangena, where a forensic document examiner from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) told the court that one of the signatures appearing on documents used to facilitate the transfer of the vehicles was forged.
Inspector Vincent Chilongo, a document examination specialist based at the DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road, testified that he carried out a forensic analysis of documents submitted by the complainant to determine the authenticity of the signatures contained in them.
The contested document consisted of minutes allegedly signed by Boniface Gichane Maina, a co-director of Digitalent Systems Limited, authorising the accused, Boris Owiye Agonga, to transfer ownership of two vehicles belonging to the company.
The vehicles are Land Rover Discovery registration number KDL 560Z, valued at approximately Ksh6.8 million, and Nissan Sylphy registration number KCZ 648X, valued at about Ksh1.2 million.
According to evidence presented in court, the purported minutes indicated that Agonga had been appointed as the company’s representative with access to the firm’s eCitizen and NTSA portals, thereby allowing him to process the transfer of the vehicles into his personal name.
However, the court heard that Maina denied ever convening a board meeting to approve the transfer of the vehicles and also denied signing the minutes presented to authorities. Following the discovery, he reported the matter to the DCI for investigation.
Inspector Chilongo told the court that after examining the signatures presented for comparison, he concluded that they were authored by different individuals.
“When I examined the three signature specimens provided, I concluded that different authors made them,” he testified.
The court also heard evidence from Corporal Charles Malowa, an investigator attached to the DCI Headquarters Serious Crime Unit, who conducted investigations at the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA).
Malowa told the court that investigators obtained documentation showing that the Land Rover Discovery (KDL 560Z) had been purchased by Digitalent Systems Limited from Cars Guru Limited through a sale agreement dated August 15, 2024.
He further stated that the Nissan Sylphy (KCZ 648X) had been acquired earlier by the company from Fortune Automobiles Limited under a sale agreement dated May 27, 2022.
According to Malowa, records from NTSA indicated that both vehicles were transferred to the accused on June 12, 2025, based on the minutes that had been presented to the authority.
“The two vehicles were transferred to the accused person on June 12, 2025, pursuant to the minutes produced to the NTSA,” he told the court.
The court also heard that Maina and Agonga are directors of Digitalent Systems Limited, each holding 450 shares out of the company’s total 900 shares.
Agonga is facing several charges, including stealing by director, making and uttering forged documents and obtaining registration by false pretence.
The court is scheduled to deliver a ruling on March 18, 2026, to determine whether the prosecution has established a case for the accused to answer.
