The case against eight people who allegedly stole shs 529 million from Kenya Airways is coming up for mention n 17th May.
The defense has confirmed they have received witness statements from the prosecution but the parties are yet agree on the pre-trial dates.
This is because the trial magistrate Martha Mutuku was not present and directed the mention date to be 17th May.
The eight are out on cash bail.
However, they denied stealing, conspiring to steal, forgery and money laundering.
Elijah Itegi Githinji and Jackson Kiruthi Njiiri who appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Martha Mutuku last year denied stealing from KQ.
They were granted bond of Ksh.2million with an alternative cash bail of Ksh.300, 000.
Their co- accused Bachela Dutta Binay Kumar, Grace Wamuyu Mathenge, Jane Wanjiru Kiboi and Elias Kyalo Ngao were latter arrested and charged.
They had failed to appear in court and the court had to issue an arrest warrant.
They too denied the charges and are out on bond.
All the accused persons are facing two other charges of forgery and money laundering by engaging in a fraudulent cash transaction which led the national carrier to lose Ksh 521,939,870.
According to the Prosecution, between January 1, 2013 and December 30, 2015 at unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, the accused persons jointly with others not before court, conspired to commit a felony namely stealing Ksh.521, 939,870, property of Kenya Airways.
The eight also face another charge which the Prosecution told court that between December 13, 2014 and January 15 at Dubai Bank in Nairobi County, the accused persons jointly with others not before court stole Ksh.2.5million and further stole Ksh.13.5million and Ksh.8.5million property of Kenya Airways.
They are also charged with forging a Citi Bank Account advice report ref. 3510705642 for Ksh.21, 949,849 and another one, ref. no. 3511100, for Ksh.15, 300,000 purporting it to be a genuine and valid account statement advice reports for the same account.