A case which has accused an Egyptian couple of defrauding over sh
8,000,000 million worth of medicines awaits for one more witness before
the court can make its judgement.
Atleast two of three listed witnesses testified against the couple by yesterday.
Mohammed
Mahmoud and his wife Amira haroon were accused of obtaining on credit
various assorted pharmaceutical supplies worth sh 8,233,355.75 from
Saicare Enterprises Alpha centre along mombasa road.
The first witness who is also the business owner, confirmed to the
court with bank statements that they were sent over sh 3.8 million bounced cheques.
Between
2nd April and 9th July this year the couple obtained medicines in the
pretence they would pay, contrary to section 316 (a) of the penal code.
The second witness declared that the couple were active and frequent medicine buyers for the past four years.
The
court heared that Saicare Enterprises allow goods on credit but on
short agreements of either 30, 60 and 90 days but the couple failed to
fulfil their part.
Instead the the couple returned over 397,500 medicines to Saicare Enterprises without a guarentee of its quality.
Before
the court could proceed Senior Principal Magistrate Timothy Okello
received the suspects travel documents as a guarentee of their court
attendance since each was out on a sh 250 cash bail.
According to a credible source the husband isaid to be a doctor and
currently connected to the Kenya Medical practitioners board.
Inaddition they are facing other allegations of such offences before the Makdara court.
The final witness in the case will be heared next week on November 8 .
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