{"id":24689,"date":"2016-04-18T02:30:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T02:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/court-acquits-mp-george-oner-of-land-forgery\/"},"modified":"2016-04-18T02:30:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T02:30:13","slug":"court-acquits-mp-george-oner-of-land-forgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/court-acquits-mp-george-oner-of-land-forgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Court acquits MP George Oner of land forgery charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{The MP faced three counts of making a false document, fraud and forgery.}<\/p>\n<p>Rangwe MP George Oner has been cleared of forgery and fraud charges that have haunted him for the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>The ODM MP was embroiled in a vicious court battle with Nairobi businessman Benson Ritho Mureithi, who accused him of making alterations to part of a 50-acre parcel of land in Embakasi, Nairobi County, valued at approximately Sh1 billion, which was then subdivided and allegedly sold without the owner\u2019s consent.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Magistrate Edda Agade threw out the case for lack of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is my holding that the prosecution case fell short of the requirements of an arguable case as there is no evidence to support the claim that Mr Ogalo forged or made a false document, &#8221; said Ms Agade.<\/p>\n<p>The MP faced three counts of making a false document, fraud and forgery.<\/p>\n<p>It was alleged that Mr Ogalo made a false document on or before March 6, 2008 with the intent to defraud Mr Ritho.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged document was a cancellation charge for a parcel of land situated at Embakasi purported to have been a genuine document issued by the Kenya Revenue Authority&#8217;s Department of Domestic Taxes and signed by one John Orioro for the commissioner of Domestic Taxes.<\/p>\n<p>The MP also faced the count of forging Mr Orioro&#8217;s signature, with the intent to defraud.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ritho, a businessman and an administrator of his father&#8217;s estate, claimed he had contracted Mr Ogalo as a consultant but he sold the plots without his consent.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-11755 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dncourtshamba0804q.jpg\" alt=\"Rangwe MP George Oner in Nairobi court. He has been cleared of forgery and fraud charges. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The MP faced three counts of making a false document, fraud and forgery.} Rangwe MP George Oner has been cleared of forgery and fraud charges that have haunted him for the past two years. 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