Former NYS boss Nelson Githinji charged with abuse of office
What you need to know:
- Mr Githinji and his co-accused were each released on a bond of Sh1 million and cash bail of Sh200,000.
- Mr Githinji is facing a separate corruption case over theft of Sh791 million at NYS.
Former NYS boss Nelson Githinji has been charged in a new corruption case in which he is accused of using Sh 497,355 in public funds to service his private vehicle.
Prosecutors claimed that on June 4, 2014 at NYS headquarters in Ruaraka, Nairobi, he used public funds to service and repair his personal car, with registration number KBS 475S.
Mr Githinji was charged alongside his former personal assistant, Mr Nicholas Juma Makhokha, and Mr Geoffrey Kimani Kiriha, a senior superintendent mechanic at the NYS.
They denied charges of abuse of office, conspiracy to defraud and fraudulent acquisition of public property.
They are accused of jointly conspiring to defraud the NYS by facilitating the servicing and repair of the former director-general’s car by pretending that the cost was incurred for the repair of a government vehicle with registration number GK 188S.
Mr Githinji and his co-accused were each released on a bond of Sh1 million and cash bail of Sh200,000.
Mr Githinji is facing a separate corruption case over theft of Sh791 million from the NYS.
