Nairobi Court Charges Former Employees Over Alleged KSh 18.4 Million Electronic Theft And Falsified Records

Two former employees face charges in Nairobi for allegedly stealing KSh 18.4m worth of phones and falsifying accounts between 2024 and 2025.

By: AXL Media

Published: Apr 15, 2026, 7:06 AM EDT

Source: Information for this report was sourced from TUKO.co.ke

Coordinated Theft Allegations Within Central Nairobi

The judicial system in Nairobi has initiated formal proceedings against two women accused of orchestrating a high value theft at an electronics retail outlet. Phyllis Muthoni Karanja, who served as a warehouse manager, and Ann Mbura Ng’ang’a, an accountant, allegedly collaborated to siphon mobile devices from their employer, Redmitech EA Limited. The prosecution claims that the duo leveraged their internal positions to bypass security protocols and remove inventory valued at precisely KSh 18,409,160.

Timeline Of Alleged Financial Malpractice

Court documents detail a persistent pattern of illegal activity that spanned from June 1, 2024, until November 24, 2025. This extended timeframe suggests that the inventory losses were not the result of a single event but rather a systematic depletion of company assets. By operating within the warehouse and accounting departments simultaneously, the accused reportedly maintained a level of oversight that allowed the discrepancies to remain undetected by the business for over a year.

Separate Charges For Accounting Fraud

In addition to the joint theft charge, the court is scrutinizing the specific actions of the accounting department during the period of the alleged crime. Ann Ng’ang’a faces an independent second count involving fraudulent false accounting, which investigators believe was used to mask the missing stock. The prosecution asserts that financial records were intentionally manipulated to deceive the company and conceal the financial impact of the missing mobile phones.