Three men, including an official attached to the Government Printer, were on Thursday charged with 18 criminal offences, among them forgery of official stamps, making false documents, and possession of government stores.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) preferred the charges against Livingstone Ambani Munala, Leonard Clifford Wafula, and Paul Muigai Kimani, who were arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi.
Munala faces 13 counts, including seven related to the forgery of official stamps and possession of public stores, as well as two counts of making false documents.
The prosecution told court on March 28 2025, at a residence along Desai Road in Starehe Sub-County, Nairobi, Munala was found in possession of instruments capable of producing stamp impressions in the names of a number of land officials—specifically I.R Jeptanui-439, C.S Maina-235, V. Njane-478, Mochonge O. Nicholas-014, A.W Mararia-271, and C.N Kituyi-215—purporting them to be genuine stamps of land registrars and administrators.
He is further accused of forging two title deeds of serial numbers 29131 and 3894792, and falsely presenting them as legitimate documents issued by the Government Printer.
Munala was also found in possession of public stores, including blank land title forms, receipts, and nine green cards bearing serial number (L) 298 from the State Department for Lands.
These items are suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained.
Meanwhile, Leonard Clifford Wafula—an official at the Government Printer—and Paul Muigai Kimani were each charged with being in unlawful possession of public stores.
Court heard that on the 28th of March 2025, Wafula was found with an International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Ministry of Health at his residence in Umoja, a Nairobi suburb.
Kimani was also found in possession of two file covers belonging to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), which are also suspected to have been stolen or unlawfully acquired.
The three accused pleaded not guilty before Senior Principal Magistrate Benmark Ekhumbi in the case prosecuted by Norah Achieng.
Munala was released on a bond of Sh3 million, while Wafula and Kimani were each granted bond of Sh600,000.
Cases of forgery of documents have been on the rise amid operations to tame the gangs behind the trend.
