A High Court advocate has testified how former Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip allegedly orchestrated the sale of a luxury vehicle using what turned out to be a forged logbook, a Milimani court heard on Tuesday.
Maina, an advocate who previously worked at Loitiptip’s Kilimani office, took the stand as the prosecution’s first witness, detailing his role in facilitating a transaction that police later flagged as fraudulent.
In testimony before Senior Principal Magistrate Paul Mutai on February 10, 2026, Lawyer Maina recounted how the former senator called him on August 3, 2022, with specific instructions to prepare sale agreements for a Toyota Land Cruiser registered as KDA 005C.
“He told me he wanted to sell his vehicle and asked me to originate the sale agreements and share them on WhatsApp so that they could be forwarded to the buyer,” Maina told the court.
The advocate said Loitiptip then directed him to a house in Kileleshwa, where he found the senator already present with the buyer, Samson Mutina Malonza, and another unidentified individual.
Maina testified that he acted for both parties in the transaction, witnessing the exchange of cash amounting to Sh3 million, half of the agreed Sh6 million purchase price, which was handed directly to Loitiptip.
“The balance was to be paid the same day and that is when the vehicle would be released,” he said.
Central to the case was a motor vehicle registration certificate bearing serial number K4250950P, which was presented during the transaction and indicated Loitiptip as the registered owner.
The logbook showed it had been issued on August 25, 2017.
However, Maina’s involvement took a dramatic turn when he received a call from a police officer asking him to report to Kilimani Police Station.
“I was informed that the logbook that had been issued was a fake logbook,” he testified.
A second advocate, Daniel Muliro, testified that he had acted for Ramna International Motors, the dealership that originally sold the same vehicle to Loitiptip under a hire purchase agreement in August 2020 for Sh10 million.
Muliro told the court that Loitiptip paid only Sh3.5 million as deposit before allegedly disappearing, leaving a balance of Sh6.5 million unpaid.
“That transfer was impossible because technically the company was still the owner of the vehicle since the full purchase price had not been paid,” Muliro said, explaining that an NTSA search still reflected Ramna International Motors as the registered owner even after a logbook was issued in Loitiptip’s name on October 9, 2020.
The defence challenged both witnesses, arguing their testimony was based on instructions and information from third parties.
Loitiptip, who served as Lamu Senator from 2017 to 2022, faces two counts: making a false motor vehicle registration certificate and fraudulently uttering a forged document to the buyer, both allegedly committed on August 3, 2022.
The case will be mentioned for further hearing on March 26, 2026.
