Money lender denies stealing TV

A city shylock who allegedly damaged her client’s household items and forcibly took others was charged with malicious damage and theft. Angela Kenya is accused of unlawfully destroying a subwoofer worth Sh6000, belonging to Zainab Nassir in Makina area of Kibera slums on February 3. Kenya is also accused of stealing a TV worth Sh5000 from Nassir’s house. The suspect is said to have gone to the complainant’s house to demand payment for Sh6000 accrued as interest on a loan she had given to her. She is said to have used abusive language against her and called her a loan defaulter. She allegedly pushed down a subwoofer and a decoder damaging them during a commotion inside Ms Nassir’s house before taking her TV which she allegedly carried away. Kenya denied the charges before senior principal magistrate Esther Bhoke of Kibera law courts. She was freed on a Sh200,000 bond and an alternative cash bail of Sh20,000. The case will be mentioned on February 25.