Two of Nairobi County staff members might serve up to two years in jail each after they were busted receiving bribes.
2 employees of Nairobi City County Govt Charged with corruptly soliciting bribe of Sh 165000, receiving bribe of sh 80, 000 & conspiracy to commit an offence found guilty & each fined total of sh 210,000 or 24 months jail #AntiCorruption_ODPP
— ODPP_KE (@ODPP_KE) March 26, 2019
According to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the two unnamed employees of Nairobi City County were charged with corruptly soliciting a bribe of Ksh 165,000.
DPP further revealed that they, however, received a bribe amounting to Ksh 80,000 and were charged with conspiracy to commit an offence.
They were therefore sentenced to 24 months in jail or pay a fine of Ksh 210,000.
“Two employees of Nairobi City County Government charged with corruptly soliciting bribe of sh 165,000, receiving bribe of sh 80,000 and conspiracy to commit an offence found guilty and each fined total of sh 210,000 or 24 months jail,” posted DPP.
Kenyans were, however, not impressed by the sentencing terms claiming that it was too lenient based on the crime committed.
“Very lenient sentence. These guys are millionaires. They pay the ridiculous fine and get away with having stolen millions in other cases,” posted one user.
“That sentence is ridiculous. Any corruption should be decades in jail. They will easily pay that tiny fine,” posted another.
He was, subsequently, fined Ksh530,000 for the offence.
In May 2018, another employee of the county, Robert Kiriago, was arrested and charged for receiving Ksh 90,000 bribe of the Ksh 140,000 he had solicited.