City Lawyer Kimani Mwangi Charged With Stealing Client’s Money

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Renson Ingonga, has opposed the release of city lawyer Paul Kimani Mwangi, who is charged with stealing Ksh. 7.59 million from a client and making an unauthorized Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) credit entry.

Mwangi appeared before Makadara Magistrate Wandia Nyamu and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
According to the prosecution, Mwangi stole Ksh. 7.59 million from his client, Joseph Kimani Muchiri, between June 13, 2023, and March 4, 2025.

The court was told that on October 11, 2024, Mwangi fraudulently made a KCB bank credit advice and KRA domestic payments slip for Ksh. 800,040.

The slip purportedly indicated KRA income tax payments related to Muchiri’s purchase of property No. LR/8226/70.

Further allegations suggest that Mwangi, on several occasions in 2024, made similar fraudulent bank credit entries in an attempt to deceive Muchiri and facilitate the purchase of the aforementioned property.

In an affidavit filed by the investigating officer, Dennis Owino, the court heard that Mwangi stole Ksh. 7.59 million from his client.

It was also revealed that Mwangi’s practicing certificate, number P.105/13315/17, was last renewed in 2023.

The investigating officer also noted that Mwangi’s mobile phone was frequently unreachable, and he had moved from his known residential address to an undisclosed location.

Efforts to contact Mwangi’s family members were unsuccessful, with the family stating that they could not reach him and did not know his whereabouts, raising concerns that he might be a flight risk.

The affidavit opposing bail also indicated that Mwangi had closed his operational office at Post Bank House along Banda Street/Market Lane, 5th Floor, in Nairobi’s Central District in October 2024.

The complainant, Muchiri, no longer has access to an office location where Mwangi could be contacted.

The court further heard that, at the time of the alleged fraudulent transactions, Mwangi did not have an active operating license.

Mwangi remains in custody pending further directions from the court.