Changamwe man charged with stealing coffee worth Sh9m

Juma Kombo Kuri at the Mombasa Court in Mombasa County on Monday 11th July 2016, where he denied stealing coffee worth Ksh 9,570,960, property of Servicoff Company Limited while the said goods were on transit from Nairobi to the Port of Mombasa. He was released on a bond of Ksh One Million. Photo/Kelvin Karani

A man has been charged with theft of transit goods. Juma Kombo Kuri (above) was charged with stealing 360 bags of coffee worth Sh9,570,960 belonging to Servicoff Company Limited.

Mr Kuri denied the charge before Mombasa Resident Magistrate Lilian Lewa who released him on a cash bail of Sh1,000,000 with an alternative bond of Sh3 million.

The prosecution said the accused was facing a similar charge with others before Principal Magistrate Henry Rotich.

Kuri is said to have stolen the coffee on October 19, 2015, at the Swift Royal yard in Jomvu, Changamwe. -Joackim Bwana