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Brian Reeves Obare at the Milimani Law Courts during a hearing of the fake Canadian visa scam case on January 21, 2026. [Nancy Gitonga, Standard]
Brian Reeves Obare, accused of masquerading as a Canadian Embassy official and collecting Sh7.9 million for visas that never materialised, has suffered a blow after the High Court dismissed his petition challenging his prosecution.
Obare is accused of defrauding millions of shillings in the alleged 2024 visa scam from a travelling agency, which left dozens of travellers stranded, with some reportedly arrested or turned back to the country during transit after travelling on the strength of visas they believed had been legitimately processed.
In a judgement rendered by Justice Lawrence Mugambi, Obare’s constitutional petition was dismissed after finding that Obare had failed to demonstrate that his prosecution was commenced without reasonable or just cause or that police and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) acted illegally, in bad faith or abused their powers.
