BY PRUDENCE WANZA – Two Uzbekistan nationals have been charged in court for using forged passports while traveling to Kenya.
They are accused that on 18th May, 2019 at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, they were found in possession of Turkish passports whose bio data was forged.
They were arrested at JKIA upon arrival from Kiev, Ukraine aboard a Qatar airways flight.
The two, Zarine Shakirova and Maftuna Shakirova pleaded not guilty before Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi at the Milimani Law Courts.
They were released on a bond of Sh. 500,000 and an alternative cash bail of Sh. 300,000.
The case will be mentioned on 4th June, 2019 and the hearing on 21st July, 2019.