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Bumula MP Jack Wamboka’s wife Christine Nyambura yesterday denied fraud charges before a Kiambu court. She is accused of obtaining over Shs 1.9 Million in an alleged nurse training scam.
Nyambura appeared before Kiambu Senior Principal Magistrate Meresia Opondo who directed her to remain in custody after she denied eight counts of falsely obtaining the money and offering nursing certificate courses in unaccredited institution.
“The court hereby directs the suspect to remain in custody until tomorrow when the court will rule on the bail application,” Opondo ruled.
According to the charge sheet, Nyambura was accused of obtaining Sh1,959,000 from seven individuals by inducing them to pay as college fees for certified nursing assistant course at Westwick Institute Limited.
“On diverse dates between January 20,2023 and February 27,2024 in Gigiri area within Nairobi County jointly with others not before court being the director of Westwick Institute Limited offered training in Certified Nurse Assistant without accreditation, licencing and registration by Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority,” read part of the charge sheet.
Nyambura denied that she obtained Shs 428,500 from Sally Wanjiru between January 20,2023 and July 28,2023 by inducing her that she could be trained and issued with a certificate in certified nursing assistant course from Westwick Institute Limited that is not accredited by TVET.
She was further accused of obtaining various amounts of money from six other unsuspecting Kenyans.
She will appear in court on Tuesday,7 for a hearing on bail.
She is currently hospitalized at the Nairobi hospital.
