City car dealer Joseph Kairo popularly known as Khalif Kairo has been released on a cumulative cash bail of Sh2 million after he denied charges of failing to honor car sale agreements.
In granting him bail, Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina said he was not convinced that Kairo is a flight risk.
Kairo faced two separate charges of cheating contrary to section 315 of the penal code.
For each of the charges, the court granted him a cash bail of Sh1 million with an alternative of a bond.
According to one of the charges, Kairo on diverse dates between July 10, 2024, and July 25, 2024, at Westlands by means of fraudulent tricks induced one Jeff Munane to pay him Sh2.1m.
The money was allegedly paid to him through his company Kai&Kairo Limited and was for the importation of a Honda Vezel hybrid from Japan which the charge sheet indicates he never delivered.
He allegedly committed the same offence against one Dona Okoth.
The charge sheet claims that Dona transferred Sh2.98 million into Kai and Kairo Limited's KCB bank account.
The money was paid for the purchase of a Subaru Outback 'a fact Kairo knew to be false'.
This offence is said to have been committed on diverse dates between July 29, 2024 and 16 November 2024.
The Prosecution had sought to have him denied bail on the grounds that he was a flight risk.
But Onyina in his ruling said the charge facing Kairo is a misdemeanor and he is unable to see any reason why Kairo should not be granted bail.
With respect to the charge involving Sh2.9M, Onyina said:
"The accused person is released on a cash bail of Sh1 million with one contact person. His passport will be deposited with the senior court administrator and the trial shall be fast-tracked."
For the charge involving Sh2.1m Kairo was granted a cash bail of Sh1 million with an alternative of Sh1 million bond.
The court set January 28 as the pre-trial date.
