Man in court over Sh51,000 beer and food he ordered for to celebrate Ruto win
A retired military man who failed to settle a bill of Sh51,600 for beer and food he ordered for at a bar to celebrate President-elect William Ruto’s victory in the just concluded presidential elections has been charged with fraudulently incurring credit.
Simon Macharia Mwangi is facing charges of obtaining credit by false pretenses at a bar along Magadi road in Langata, Nairobi on August 15, 2022.
On that day, Mr Mwangi is reported to have asked the restaurant’s management to serve all patrons at the establishment with their favourite drinks immediately Dr Ruto was announced as the winner of the presidential election.
Revelers at the restaurant then ordered for assorted alcoholic drinks and food. Mr Mwangi is alleged to have ordered for food and beer for friends he had turned up with and told other patrons to invite their friends for free beer to celebrate Ruto’s victory.
The accused failed to pay up after the food and drinks were served. It was at point that the establishment’s management bundled him into a car and took him to Hardy Police Station.
At the Kibera Law Courts, where he was arraigned before Senior Principal Magistrate Philip Mutua, Mr Mwangi said the bill was incurred by his friends. He was presumed to have denied the charges and granted a cash bail of Sh40,000. The case will be mentioned on August 31, 2022.