Robert Okoth Opondo
Robert Okoth Opondo, a well-respected city advocate in Kenya, is in hot soup if the current court case is anything to go by.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Early last week, he appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi, frozen and worried, as the prosecution labelled a Sh 3 million fraud case against him. He, however denied the wrongdoing and pleaded for lenient bond terms.
The court heard that the lawyer Robert Opondo allegedly defrauded Sh3 million from Mohamed Mohamed Odon contrary to the law.
According to the charge sheet read in court, which is in our possession, the accused person committed the offence on various dates between July 22 and July 25, 2024.
The court heard that he lied about being in a position to facilitate a conveyancing transaction for a parcel of land—Title No. NAIROBI BLOCK 111/1151—a claim the prosecution says he knew to be false.
According to the police report, the problems began in mid-2024, when the complainant in the case, Mr. Odon, introduced Yusuf Ahmed Ali—a man he had raised and for whom he acts as guardian—to a property deal.
The police report says that Ali was in the process of purchasing a house in Komarock, Nairobi. The property was registered under Harrison Barasa Ekesa, father of Getty Barasa, under Title No. NAIROBI/BLOCK/M/5T.
After some agreements, the sale agreement was allegedly signed on July 14, 2024, and the transaction was to be concluded within 90 days. The agreed purchase price for the house was Sh6 million.
After some cash was paid, the advocate is said to have gone into hiding and failed to deliver. The police report says that at some point, the advocate claimed that his licence had expired , and it was hindering him from concluding the day.
The case will proceed later next month
