A Nairobi man has been sentenced to two months in jail or fined Ksh.30,000 for failing to pay a hotel bill of Ksh.22,760, which he reportedly accumulated during a night of heavy partying.
The court heard that Qurine Omondi Muteshi obtained services on credit through false pretense on October 3, 2025, at Vibanda Village in Upper Hill, Nairobi County.
Prosecutors told the court that Omondi walked into a restaurant, ordered food, alcoholic drinks, and water for himself and his friends, but later left without paying the bill. By the end of the night, the total cost had risen to Ksh.22,760.
In his mitigation before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina, Omondi admitted that he lost control during the celebration.
“I had some money so I called my friends to celebrate. During the celebration I became so high and was surrounded by many ladies, each asking for drinks. Eventually, people disappeared, and I was left alone with the bill,” he told the court.
Omondi told the court that he later discovered suspicious loan transactions on his phone, claiming he was shocked to learn how the debts had piled up.
Pleading for leniency, he said: “The court can forgive me even if it is with punishment, as I work to pay for the bill. Some of us suffer because we are still new in Nairobi. This is my fourth year in the city, but I am not yet conversant with all its corners.”
After reviewing his mitigation, Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina sentenced Omondi to two months in prison or a fine of Ksh.30,000.
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