By Our Reporter

A Magistrate who has been hearing a case in which a prominent real estate agent in Kisumu is charged with fraud yesterday disqualified himself from the proceedings.

Principal Magistrate Harison Adika quite the case in which the real agent Gorge Adada Nyagowa is charged with obtaining 400,000/- and 50,000/- from a woman under the pretext that he would secure her a parcel of land at Kisumu/Konya.

Nyagowa is charged that he February 11 2010 at Re-insurance plaza in Kisumu East district received a bankers cheque of 400,000/- and 50,000/- all totaling 450,000/- from Morine Leah Aketch Auma under the pretext that he could sell her a parcel of land at Kisumu Konya / 6067. The accused who is the proprietor of Michigen Investments was ordered released on a bond of 100,000/-.

Nyagowa also faces another charge before the chief magistrate Mrs Lucy Gitari over a similar offence.

The first count in the other states he on diverse dates between September 2009 and December he obtained 770,000/- from Philemon Odeny at Reinsurance Plaza within Kisumu under the pretext that he would secure him a parcel of land .

Count two states that he secured 400,000/- at Re Insurance Plaza from Timothy Otieno under the pretext that that h would give him a parcel of land Dago within Kisumu.

The last count states that he obtained 710,000/- at Re Insurance plaza from Joshua Okore under the pretext that he would secure him a parcel of land at Dago.

Mrs Gitari ordered him released on a cash bail of 30,000/-

Ends.