
Nairobi businessman Walter Wekhanya Keya has been charged with three offences linked to an alleged Ksh15.1 million fraud, according to Kenya's Director of Public Prosecutions. Keya appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Stephany Bett at the Makadara Law Courts, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud, obtaining money by false pretence, and possession of proceeds of crime. The case is being prosecuted by the DPP.
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