Three people have been charged on four counts of obtaining goods valued at more than Sh81.2 million by pretending that Local Purchase Orders were from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

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Martin Mwangi Njeri, Betty Wangui Nderitu and Felix Langat denied falsely obtaining 150 iPhones and 327 HP laptops and Lenovo i-core models on several dates between June and August 2016.

They are further charged on four counts of forgery and four counts of uttering false documents such as LPOs.

They intended to defraud by purporting LPOs were issued by a procurement officer from the Mnistry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

The prosecution applied for the matter to be mentioned for consolidation with a similar case.

The court granted each Sh1 million cash bail and Sh3 million bond with surety of similar amount.