Three Egerton University students posing as examination agents were charged in Milimani Law Courts with defrauding members of the public in an exams cheating scam.
Kelvin Anunda Mogaka, Francis Manyara Ogata, and Brivin Osano Ombongi appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Kagendo and denied twelve charges of conspiracy to defraud, publication of false information on social media, specifically Telegram, and possession of five different identification cards.
According to the DCI, the trio were apprehended in response to a complaint filed by various members of the public who had been defrauded of Ksh 4 million deposited in two different accounts.
In the first count, the three students are charged with conspiring to deceive members of the public through the Telegram Social media platform on an unknown date and location within the Republic of Kenya that there are Kenya National Examinations Council leakages for 2022, which they knew to be false.
On count two, Adunda is accused of knowingly publishing information on various dates between October 1, and October 20,2022 unknown location within the Republic of Kenya through electronic application namely Telegram that they were offering Kenya National Examinations papers leakages for the year 2022, a fact they knew to be false.
Appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Micheni Wendy, the three students denied particulars of the charges.
Their defence lawyers pleaded with the court to release them on reasonable cash bail stating that the accused persons are University students and come from very humble backgrounds.
Further, the lawyers said that the accused students were arrested on October 26,2022 and as a result they have already suffered in custody.
” Your honor, my client has a known place of abode,he is not a flight risk,the offence which have just been read are bailable, the presumption of innocence is a paramount right, I plead with the court to release my client at a lenient cash bail ” said one of the defence lawyers.
The Court released them on a bond of Ksh 1 million with alternative cash bail of Ksh 500,000.
The case will be mentioned on November 14, for pretrial.
