Two employees of Nairobi City County Government Charged with corruptly soliciting a bribe of Sh 165,000, receiving bribe of sh 80, 000 and conspiracy to commit an offence were found guilty by a Nairobi court and each fined total of sh 210,000 or 24 months jail.
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),Pius Makari and David Oketch were each charged with four counts of corruption and were found guilty of three counts and were each fined sh 80,000 or 9 months imprisonment for receiving bribe and conspiracy to commit an offence and sh 50,000 or 6 months imprisonment for count
The two were however acquitted on the count of soliciting a bribe.
How is this a deterrent? The fine should by no less than 20 times what the bribe amount is! This is a joke! But good work @ODPP_KE— Kenyan Musings (@kenyanmusings) March 26, 2019