How Agnes Kagure Has Spent a Decade Trying to Steal a Dead Briton’s Forest Estate, Weaponised the State Against His Executor, and Is Now Betting a Procedural Technicality Will Deliver What Forged Documents Could Not
Ruth Wambui Kimani, a widow suffering from diabetes and hypertension, found herself in the dock at Milimani Law Courts on November 10, 2025, facing criminal charges of conspiracy to defraud and making false documents.
High Court verdict exposes sophisticated scheme to defraud estate of deceased British national A damning High Court ruling has exposed businesswoman Agnes Kagure in an alleged Sh600 million land fraud scheme targeting the estate of a deceased British national, raising serious questions about the vulnerability of foreign property owners in Kenya. Justice Hillary Chemitei’s comprehensive […]
In Nairobi’s upscale neighborhoods of Karen and Runda, a troubling pattern has emerged involving prime properties once owned by deceased foreigners. At the center of multiple high-profile disputes are two notable Kenyan personalities: gospel musician Alex Apoko, known as Ringtone, and Nairobi politician Agnes Kagure. Both have become entangled in remarkably similar controversies—laying claim to […]
Former Nairobi gubernatorial candidate Agnes Kagure has been accused by a German investor of conning him staggering Sh142 million in an alleged petroleum deal. The German national, Uwe Heinz Odenthal, claims that he parted with the money as investment in Trojan Six Oil 2019 Ltd, in a deal that was to net him dividends equivalent […]
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