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Khalif Kairo Rearrested After Court Appearance On Fraud Charges
City car dealer Khalif Kairo was arrested after he had appeared in court in Nairobi.
This follows new claims of fraud involving his car dealer.
He had appeared before the court for a mention of his case when he was arrested outside the Milimani Law Court.
He was driven away in a police car.
Kairo had on Tuesday pleaded with a Magistrate’s court to release his passport to enable him travel to the USA for a period of seven days.
Through his advocate Davidson Makau, Kairo told Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina that he requires his travel documents so as to attend a fundraiser in the United States.
He told the court that he is not a flight risk and will be back once done with his business at the states.
The Prosecution said Kairo must serve the court with all details of his visit including when he intends to leave the country before any consideration is made.
Onyina subsequently directed that the matter be mentioned on January 31 to confirm filing of documents that will lay the basis for the release of the passport.
Kairo was this month charged with failing to honor car sale agreements.
He faces two separate charges of cheating contrary to section 315 of the penal code. For each of the charges the court granted him a cash bail of Sh1 million with an alternative of a bond.
According to one of the charges, Kairo on diverse dates between 10 July 2024 and 25 July 2024 at Westlands by means of fraudulent tricks induced one Jeff Munane to pay him Sh2.1m. the money was allegedly paid to him through his company Kai&Kairo Limited.
It was for the importation of a Honda vezel hybrid from Japan which the charge sheet indicates he never delivered.
He allegedly committed the same offence against one Dona Okoth.
The charge sheet says that Dona transferred Sh2.98 million into Kai and Kairo limited KCB bank account.
The money was paid for the purchase of a Subaru outback ‘a fact Kairo knew to be false’.
This offence is said to have been committed on diverse dates between 29 July 29, 2024 and November 16 2024.
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