A businessman has been charged at Milimani Law Courts with forging a proforma invoice pretending to have been contracted by the Republic of Mali to supply sisal fiber from Kenya.
James Mung’ara Njenga was arraigned before Milimani Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi and pleaded not guilty to seven counts of forgery and two counts of obtaining money by false pretense.
Njenga who allegedly owns Agrogreen Investment Limited, is believed to have forged a proforma invoice between his company and another company from Bamako in Mali, purporting the invoice to be genuine.
According to the police, the offenses were allegedly committed on February 8, 2023.
He was also charged with forging a Maersk Kenya Limited updated Bill of Lading, a Kenya Bureau of Standards weight certificate, and a Kenya Orient Insurance Limited Cargo insurance policy.
Further, the police charged him with forging a packing list purporting it to be the genuine packing list for 28 tons of natural sisal fiber for shipment from his company to Mali.
He is also accused of obtaining by pretense Sh5,443,080 by allegedly pretending that he could supply processed fiber from his company to Mali.
He denied the charges and was released on Ksh 2 million bond with an alternative cash bail of Ksh 1 million.
