The High Court ordered Nancy Odhungo, who runs Golden Key Travel Consultants, to pay Mick Dennis Gitonga the money plus interest

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A travel consultant has been ordered to refund Sh110,000 to a man who paid her Sh150,000 to secure travel documents and a job in Canada for his son.

High Court Judge Josphine Mong’are ordered Nancy Odhungo, who runs Golden Key Travel Consultants, to pay Mick Dennis Gitonga the money plus interest after finding that she had failed to prove how she spent the funds after the arrangement collapsed.

In the judgment was delivered virtually on September 2, 2026, at the High Court in Machakos the judge overturned a Small Claims Court decision that had dismissed Mr Gitonga’s claim and ordered him to pay Sh30,000 in costs.

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Mr Gitonga, a tour driver, told the court that he engaged Odhungo on March 7, 2022, to secure travel documents and employment for his son, Ian Kairanya Gitonga.

He said he paid her Sh150,000 in instalments through her Standard Chartered Bank account between March 7 and April 28, 2022.

He said he paid her Sh150,000 in instalments through her Standard Chartered Bank account between March 7 and April 28, 2022.

According to Mr Gitonga, the consultant was expected to complete the process within six months but failed to secure the documents and job. He said his son’s passport was only returned more than two years later after he confronted Ms Odhungo.

On May 6, 2024, she refunded Sh40,000 through M-Pesa, leaving Sh110,000 outstanding.

Ms Odhungo denied owing Mr Gitonga the balance, arguing that the agreement was actually between her and his son.

📰 Source: Nation Africa