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Fraud case hearing date set for businessman Jonathan Ngenga
02nd March, 2026 08:46 PM
A Nairobi court has set the hearing of a Ksh106 million fraud case involving businessman-cum-politician Jonathan Ngenga Ndisya and his co-accused, Peter Kamau.
Ngenga, listed as the director of Joncil Enterprises, has been charged alongside Kamau, listed as an accountant at Agro Irrigation and Pump Services, with intent to defraud.
The matter came up before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina on Monday, March 2, 2026, for the fixing of a hearing date.
The previous hearing, which was scheduled for February 20, 2026, was adjourned following the absence of Ngenga’s lawyer.
Ngenga informed the court that his lawyer had an emergency and travelled upcountry to handle it, making it difficult for him to attend court for the hearing.
“Your Honour, my advocate has not been able to attend today’s court session after he got an emergency from upcountry and had to rush home to attend to it. It is my prayer that we postpone the hearing to another date,” Ngenga urged the court.
The court has settled on June 15 and 17, 2026, for the hearing of the matter, which, according to lawyer Joseph Mwanthi, representing the second accused (Ngenga), is at the tail end.
The duo was arraigned and charged in 2020 with conspiracy to defraud contrary to Section 317 of the Penal Code, obtaining money by false pretences, and other charges.
According to the charge sheet, between July 1, 2018, and March 31, 2020, Kamau, being a person employed as an accountant at Agro Irrigation and Pump Services Limited, and Ngenga, as director of Joncil Enterprises, respectively, jointly conspired with intent to defraud Agro Irrigation and Pump Services Limited of Ksh106,822,690 by falsely pretending that Joncil Enterprises had deposited the said amount into the company’s bank account for goods supplied to Joncil Enterprises.
Ngenga is also charged with obtaining money by false pretences by falsely pretending that he had deposited the said amount into the Agro Irrigation and Pump Services Limited company bank account between July 1, 2018, and March 12, 2020.
Meanwhile, Kamau has also been charged with stealing by fraudulently transferring Ksh4,777,094 to his personal account, money that came into his possession by virtue of his employment between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2019, at the Agro Irrigation and Pump Services Limited offices.
The prosecution states that during the same period, Kamau, a person employed as an accountant at Desire Flora (K) Limited, stole Ksh3,500,000, the property of Desire Flora (K), by fraudulently transferring the money to his personal account, funds that came into his possession by virtue of his employment.
In another count, Kamau has been charged with fraudulent false accounting to his employer by indicating that Joncil Enterprises had paid Ksh106,822,690 to Agro Irrigation and Pump Services Limited.
