Editor's Review

The three faced multiple charges related to the controversial transfer of company shares.

The children of former Attorney General James Karugu have been charged at the Milimani Law Courts with conspiracy to defraud, forgery, and giving false information over an alleged scheme to unlawfully transfer company shares. 

Jane Wangechi Kabiu, Eric Mwaura Karugu, and Benjamin Githara Karugu appeared before the court on Tuesday, where they faced multiple charges related to the controversial transfer of shares belonging to Victoria Nyambura Karugu.

In the first count, the three siblings were charged with conspiracy to defraud. According to the prosecution, on or about May 2, 2012, at an unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, they jointly conspired to defraud Victoria Nyambura Karugu of her shares by transferring one ordinary share from Madara Holdings Limited to Centarion Holdings Limited.

Jane Wangechi Kabiu faced additional charges of forgery and uttering a false document.

The prosecution alleged that on an unknown date in 2012, she forged a share transfer form purporting to be a genuine document belonging to Victoria Nyambura Karugu.

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She was further accused of knowingly and fraudulently presenting this false document to the Director General's Business Registration Services.

Eric Mwaura Karugu and Benjamin Githara Karugu were separately charged with giving false information to a person employed in public service.

The charge sheet states that on February 5, 2025, at the Directorate of Criminal Investigation Headquarters in Nairobi, they informed Inspector Peter Ouma, a DCI investigator, that they were given share transfer forms to sign, information they knew to be false.

This allegedly led the inspector to undertake an investigation he should not have conducted had the true information been provided.

File image of the Milimani Law Courts.

All three accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charges when they appeared before the Milimani Law Courts.

The court granted them bail under strict conditions. Each accused person was released on a bond of Sh1.5 million plus two sureties of a similar amount, or a cash bail of Sh700,000 plus two contact persons.

As part of their bail conditions, the court ordered all three accused persons to deposit their passports with the court, effectively restricting their travel outside the country pending the conclusion of the case.

The case has been scheduled for pre-trial directions on January 20, 2026, before the same court.