Businessman Bryan Yongo Otumba, who is suing the State for Sh26.95 million over alleged wrongful prosecution. [File, Standard]
A city businessman has moved to court seeking over Sh26.95 million in compensation for wrongful prosecution and detention of his Range Rover for nearly eight years.
Businessman Bryan Yongo Otumba and Wayaga Construction Company Limited have filed a petition before the Milimani High Court accusing the State, Mwananchi Credit Limited and its director Dennis Mwangeka Mombo of malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and unlawful detention of the vehicle.
In a plaint filed on August 22, 2026, Yongo says the dispute arose from a Sh4 million loan advanced by Mwananchi Credit on November 24, 2016, and secured by his Range Rover Autobiography, registration number KCH 856A.
According to the suit, the vehicle was handed over to Mwananchi Credit and Mombo as security for the loan.
Yongo says a dispute later emerged over the amount allegedly outstanding, with the lender calculating interest at 10 per cent per month compounded and a default penalty of five per cent per week.
He accuses Mwananchi Credit and Mombo of converting what was essentially a civil and commercial dispute into a criminal matter by reporting him to police on March 15, 2018.
Yongo was arrested on October 27, 2018, and two days later charged alongside Wayaga Construction in Milimani Chief Magistrate’s Criminal Case No. 2035 of 2018.