A Milimani Court today heard a case in which two Equity Bank employees allegedly used tricks to defraud Sh 4 million from the bank.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The two, Elijah Ndungu Gachanja and Kevin Omato Manwa, were charged before a Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate, Rose Ndobi, where they denied the charges and pleaded for lenient bond terms for them to get freedom.
According to the court documents, the two accused persons, a relationship officer-operations and a relationship supervisor-customer service at the bank, used their positions to defraud the bank of the said millions.
The offense was committed at the Equity Bank, Githurai Branch, where they obtained those millions by virtue of their employment.
The court heard that the two accused persons allegedly committed the offence on 3rd November 2025 at Equity Bank Kenya Limited, Westland’s Branch in Nairobi.
Additionally, Gachanja and Manwa are charged with conspiracy to commit the offence of stealing, jointly with others not before the court.
Each accused person was granted a bond of Sh 1 million plus one surety of a similar amount.
Alternatively, they can deposit a cash bail of Sh 400,000 plus one contact person each.
The case will be mentioned on 20th November 2025 for further directions.
