Kitui ‘witchdoctor’ sued for conning love sick widow Ksh 375,000
By Joseph NdundaThree women, including a ‘fake’ witch doctor, allegedly conned a fellow city woman looking for love.
The three have been sued for obtaining Sh375, 000 from the widow, promising to help her find a loving husband.
At the Makadara Law Courts, Triza Mumbi Kithia the purported witch doctor was charged alongside her accomplices Angela Ndunda and Gladys Mwende Mwinzi.
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They are accused of defrauding Mary Nzilani of money contrary to section 313 of the penal code after promising to offer her the services of a witch doctor, a fact they knew to be false.
The three are accused of committing the offence along Baricho Road in Industrial Area in Nairobi on diverse dates between September 30 and October 6, 2022, after they allegedly promised to help her find a husband.
Ms Nzilani had met Ms Mwinzi in Nairobi and they exchanged contacts and later calls.
She later invited Ms Mwinzi to her house where she told her how she was lonely after her husband passed on.
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The complainant shared with her newfound friend that she was in love with a man who was not committed.
Ms Mwinzi allegedly told her that her friend – Ms Ndunda had been helped to restore and strengthen her love relationship with her husband who had neglected her.
She recommended a potent witch doctor in Kitui County and promised to link her with a friend who would later introduce her to the witch doctor.
Ms Ndunda allegedly introduced Ms Nzilani to Ms Kithia who claimed to be a witch doctor and she demanded Sh375, 000 for the love deal and she sent the money.
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Later she realized the three had connived to swindle her of the cash when she had already been conned and reported the matter at the Industrial Area Police station in Makadara Sub County.
The three suspects were traced and arrested.
They denied the charges before Senior Principal Magistrate Mary Njagi.
They were released on a bond of Sh200, 000 each with a surety of a similar amount.
The case will be mentioned on November 11 before the hearing starts on February 28 next year.
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