Two Businessmen Charged for Defrauding A Mombasa Hotel Land worth Ksh100M
Isaac Juma Obila and Omar Guma Ibrahim in the dock(Photo/ The COAST Camerman)
By The COAST Reporter
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Two businessmen were on September 5, 2025 charged in a Mombasa court with conspiracy to defraud a hotel chain of land worth Ksh100 million.
Isaac Juma Obila and Omar Guma Ibrahim appeared before resident magistrate Green Odera, where they faced charges of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Section 317 of the Penal Code.
According to the charge sheet, on unknown dates and places within Kenya, the duo jointly with others not before court allegedly conspired to defraud Kilifi Hotels Limited of two parcels of land, Grants LR No. 10173 CR 19906 and LR No. 10174 CR 19907.
The court heard that the parcels were fraudulently amalgamated into Grant LR No. 28432 CR No. 64591 and registered under Arvic Tours and Travels Limited, before a new grant (LR No. 28432/2 CR No. 70282) was created and registered under Ibrahim’s name.
Separately, Obila was charged with obtaining registration of title deed contrary to Section 320 of the Penal Code.
He is accused of fraudulently causing the registration of Grant LR No. 28432 CR No. 64591 at the Mombasa Land Registry on February 10, 2015 while acting as a director of Arvic Tours and Travels Limited.
Ibrahim faced a similar charge of obtaining registration of title where it was alleged that on July 18, 2017, he fraudulently obtained registration of Grant LR No. 28432/2 CR No. 70282 at the Mombasa Land Registry also with the intent to defraud Kilifi Hotels Limited.
The two denied all charges and, through their lawyers, applied to be released on reasonable bond terms.
Through prosecution counsel Purity Musembi, the ODPP opposed lenient terms and urged the court to consider the grave nature of the offence and the value of the property involved.
In his ruling, Magistrate Odera ordered the accused to deposit a bond of Ksh500,000 with a surety of a similar amount or alternatively pay cash bail of Ksh100,000.
The matter was scheduled for pre-trial on September 9, 2025
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