A driver was charged at the Milimani Law Courts with Conspiracy to defraud St Mary's Hospital over Sh153 Million.
Seth Manera Bwosi who appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Martha Mutuku denied the two counts of money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the Hospital.
The court heard that Bwosi had conspired to defraud the Hospital Ksh153,468,000 on diverse dates between December 29, 2017 and January 29, 2018 in Nairobi.
He was accused of having received the amount mentioned above which he reasonably ought to have known was formed from part of proceeds of stealing.
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Through his lawyer, the court heard that the case was one among several others revolving around St. Mary’s Hospital. His lawyer revealed that his client was the third person to be charged with the same offenses.
One of the cases before the court is the case of Dr Charles Fryda who was charged with Money Laundering and fraud in May 2018.
The lawyer requested the court to release Bwosi on lenient bond terms arguing he was ‘just a mere driver’.
“Your honor as it is right now it seems any person involved with Dr Fryda is being charged with this offense,” the lawyer stated.
The magistrate considered the submission by the lawyer and gave Bwosi a personal bond of Ksh5 Million or a cash bail of Ksh500,000.
Dr Fryda had filed the case in 2011 seeking to eject the nuns from the hospital for allegedly interfering with the running of the facilities.
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The priest claimed to be the founder and chief executive officer of the institutions and accused the nuns of trying to kick him out and take over the property.
Through his lawyer, Dr Fryda argued that he used his money and that from his donors to buy the parcels of land in Nakuru and Nairobi on which the hospitals sit.
However, the Nakuru court that was hearing the matter ruled in the nuns’ favor and declared Assumption Sisters of Nairobi the legal owners of the multi-billion St Mary’s Mission Hospital.
Later, the doctor was charged in May with forging a letter of a signatory to a bank requesting to change the signatories of the hospital’s account.
