Priest charged in a new twist of St Mary's Hospital ownership row

Rev.Dr Bill Charles Fryda the founder of St Mary's Mission Hospital during an interview at the hospital on January 4,2018.photo: Kipsang Joseph/Standard

An American missionary at the center of St Mary's Missions Hospital ownership row has been charged with forgery and fraud.

William Charles Fyrda, who has been waging a legal battle for ownership of the hospital against The Assumption Sisters of Nairobi, appeared in court yesterday, accused of illegally changing signatories in the hospital's bank account at Prime Bank in September2013.