Brian Mwenda was arrested on false pretences.
A pretend lawyer, Brian Mwenda, who has gained 26 instances whereas representing himself as an advocate of the Excessive Court docket of Kenya, has been taken into custody by Kenyan police. As per Nigerian Tribune, the legal professional dealt with all these instances in entrance of Magistrates, Court docket of Enchantment Judges, and Excessive Court docket judges.
Mwenda had been capable of painting himself as a professional legal professional for a substantial period of time, in line with the report, and judges didn’t doubt his skills till after his most up-to-date arrest.
The Speedy Motion Workforce of the Nairobi Department of the Regulation Society of Kenya arrested him on false pretences after they acquired loads of public complaints.
The official account for the Nairobi Department of the Regulation Society of Kenya, wrote on X, previously Twitter, “The Department needs to inform all members of the society and of the general public that BRIAN MWENDA NJAGI isn’t an Advocate of the Excessive Court docket of Kenya, from the Society’s data, neither is he a member of the Department.” He’s being held by the officers for additional investigation.
The Regulation Society of Kenya stated that Mwenda accessed their portal criminally and “recognized an account with a reputation equivalent to his, tampered with the main points, and uploaded his personal picture in a bid to infiltrate Kenya’s authorized career”, as per a report in Ghana Web.
They added that after an emergency assembly, they analysed that “Brian Mwenda stole the id of a lawyer with a reputation that’s just like his – Brian Mwenda Ntwiga – after the legit lawyer reached out to the Secretariat after realising that he might not log into the system.”
After informing the IT division on September 28 of his difficulties, they promptly found that he was unable to entry his membership website for the reason that data within the system, particularly his e-mail tackle, didn’t belong to him.
“On the fifth Day of August 2022, Brian Mwenda Ntwiga was admitted to the Bar and his right e-mail tackle was captured and an Account opened for him within the Advocates portal. We reached out to Advocate Brian Mwenda Ntwiga who confirmed that he had not utilized for a working towards certificates since his admission, purpose being that he had been working on the Workplace of the Lawyer Common and didn’t require a Working towards Certificates,” the assertion stated.
The Regulation Society of Kenya continued, “It was solely till someday in September 2023 when he tried to login into the system and activate his profile to use for his Practising Certificates that he realised he couldn’t entry his LSK Portal.”
In addition they revealed that after being granted entry to the platform, Brian Mwenda modified his profile picture, utilized for, and paid for his practising certificates. “Upon being allowed entry to the account, he took management of the portal and altered his profile image, the office and utilized and paid for the working towards certificates. Nonetheless, his software was not processed since he was required to offer paperwork together with the certificates of enterprise incorporation,” they stated.
