Man, wife in court after ‘faking death’

Ezekiel Ochieng Ogoma and his wife Rachel Adhiambo Omondi at the Milimani Law Courts yesterday. They denied conspiring to defraud Jubilee Insurance of Sh600,665. [PHOTO: FIDELIS KABUNYI/STANDARD]

Nairobi, Kenya: A couple has for the second time been charged in a Nairobi court for claiming compensation from an  insurance company by faking death.

 Ezekiel Ogoma, who is alleged to have died in a road accident on Kisumu-Siaya Road in January last year, and his wife Rachel Adhiambo appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ndwiga and denied five counts of forgery and fraud.