Joncil Enterprises director Jonathan Ngenga, co-accused Kamau charged in Sh106million fraud
The hearing of a high-stakes Sh106 million fraud case stalled at the Milimani Law Courts yesterday after businessman Jonathan Ngenga Ndisya sought more time, citing the sudden absence of his defence lawyer.
Ngenga, a director of Joncil Enterprises, is jointly charged with his co-accused Peter Kamau in a case that prosecutors say revolves around an elaborate scheme to misrepresent multimillion-shilling payments and manipulate financial records.
The matter came up yesterday before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina but substantive proceedings did not begin.
Addressing the court, Ngenga told the magistrate that his advocate, Joe Mwangi, had been called away by an emergency upcountry and was unable to attend.
He urged the court to adjourn the hearing to allow his counsel to be present. The prosecution did not oppose the application, and the court granted the request, directing that the case be mentioned virtually on March 2, 2026, for further directions.
While the adjournment was procedural, the charges facing the two accused paint a picture of what prosecutors describe as a calculated financial fraud spanning nearly two years.
According to the charge sheet, Ngenga and Kamau are accused of conspiring to defraud Agro Irrigation and Pump Services Limited of Sh106,822,690 between July 1, 2018, and March 31, 2020.
The prosecution alleges that the pair falsely represented that Joncil Enterprises had deposited the money into the company’s bank account as payment for goods supplied.
Ngenga faces additional counts of obtaining money by false pretences, contrary to Section 313 of the Penal Code, with investigators claiming he knowingly misled the complainant company into believing the funds had been credited.
Kamau, described in court documents as an accountant formerly employed by Agro Irrigation and Pump Services Limited, faces separate charges of theft and fraudulent accounting.
Prosecutors allege that during his employment, he transferred Ksh4,777,094 from the company’s accounts into his personal account without authority.
In a separate count, Kamau is accused of stealing Ksh3.5 million from Desire Flora (K) Limited, where he was also employed, by transferring company funds to his personal account.
He is further alleged to have falsified financial records to indicate that Joncil Enterprises had paid the disputed Sh106 million to Agro Irrigation and Pump Services Limited, a move investigators say was designed to create a paper trail supporting the alleged false representation.
The case is expected to hinge on forensic examination of bank records, internal accounting systems, and electronic transaction trails.
Investigators are also likely to rely on witness testimony from company officials and financial experts to establish whether the alleged deposits were fabricated and whether internal controls were deliberately circumvented.
