Shadrack Nyakoe
A former financial controller of Sheffield Steels Systems Limited was on Tuesday arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts over allegations of embezzling more than KSh 146 million from the company.
Jane Achieng Eshiwani Okumu appeared before Magistrate Lucas Onyina, where the prosecution, acting through the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), filed three charges against her.
According to court documents, the offences were allegedly committed between May 15, 2018, and August 25, 2021, during her tenure as financial controller at the company’s Nairobi premises along Mombasa Road.
The charges include:
- Conspiracy to commit a felony – jointly with others not before the court, by allegedly conspiring to steal KSh 146,519,431.75 belonging to Sheffield Steels Systems Limited.
- Stealing by servant – where she is accused of using her position of trust to misappropriate the same amount.
- Making a document without authority – for allegedly forging a letter dated March 5, 2021, purporting it to have been authored by Dr. Suresh Kanotra, the company’s Managing Director, with intent to deceive.
Dr. Kanotra, named as the complainant, is listed as the first prosecution witness, with several others expected to testify as the trial proceeds.
The matter is set for mention as the court prepares to hear evidence on what prosecutors describe as a long-running scheme of financial manipulation and forgery.
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