Two middle-aged men were arraigned in a Thika court on Tuesday accused of swindling rice from a lorry en-route from Mombasa to Thika.
Anthony Kimani, the driver and Dennis Mwaura, his conductor, who appeared before resident magistrate George Onsarigo allegedly defrauded Thika Millers stores over 150,000 Kgs of rice.
The court was told that the two allegedly committed the crime on diverse dates of April 22-24, 2014, between Mombasa and Thika towns.
In self-defense, the accused persons said Thika Millers stores was blatantly arraigning them in court to cause them unnecessary brain torment.
“The delivery note did not show the quantity of rice, measurements at all weighbridges indicates that our baggage was 348,000 Kgs and not 500,000 as the complainant is claiming, furthermore, we did not face any act of robbery along the way, our former employer should not fix us in a crime we did not commit,” they argued.
However, the accused were released on Sh50,000 bond each, and the next hearing slated on march 26, 2015.