Ng’ag’a to be prosecuted over unpaid rent despite plea

City Pastor James Ng’ang’a has suffered another blow after the High Court in Nairobi declined to issue conservatory orders to bar his prosecution.

On Tuesday, Justice James Makau said Ng’ang’a failed to demonstrate how his fundamental rights have been violated by the respondents: the Inspector General of Police (IG) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The court instead directed that he raises the issues in his petition at the trial court and that he take plea in the Ksh.3.6million rent arrears case.

Neno Evangelism pastor Ng’ang’a on Tuesday pleaded not guilty in the case where he is accused of refusing to pay rent for a seven-bedroom house in Karen.

He was then released on Ksh.500,000 cash bail and the hearing set for May 16 this year.

Neno Evangelist Pastor James Ng’ang’a on Monday moved to court to stop his prosecution over Sh3.6 million fraud claims.

In a suit filed at the High Court, he claimed that he has a civil dispute over a 17 bedroom house in Nairobi’s Karen estate yet a Mr Wickson Njoroge Mwathi has threatened to use investigating agencies to settle a score with him over that row.

He alleged that the matter has caused him mental and psychological torture as his security is under threat.

Through lawyer Cliff Oduk, he sued Mr Mwathi, the Inspector-General of the Police, the Director of Criminal Investigations and the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Pastor Ng’anga has appeared in media limelight for couple of times because of ugly incidences accompaning him.