Five NYS officers arrested with stolen goods

Public Service, Youth and Gender Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki with Lugari MP Ayub Savula during the launch of a National Youth Service Training Camp and the start of road construction at Chekalini in Lugari constituency on May 25, 2016. Five NYS officers were arrested on June 21, 2016 for using a government vehicle to transport stolen goods. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • The officers were also using a government vehicle to transport 53 bags of charcoal from Baringo to Nairobi.
  • Among the items found in the lorry were 15 tipper tyres, four new grader tyres, several empty drums, and 53 bags of charcoal..
  • Nairobi Central Division DCI boss Zack Nangulu said the officers would be charged in court as soon as investigations are complete.

Five National Youth Service (NYS) officers based in Baringo County were on Tuesday arrested in Nairobi with stolen tyres and drums.

The officers were also using a government vehicle to transport 53 bags of charcoal from Baringo to Nairobi.

NYS Deputy Director Sam Michuki and police officers intercepted the NYS lorry — a Shacman model whose registration number is GKB 639G — at the Kumasi-Kirinyaga roads junction while the officials were offloading the goods.

The arrested officials were identified as Inspector Walter Talgut, Silas Wekesa, Humphrey Matum, who was driving the lorry, Cheruiyot Kibet and Benedict Mutua, a plant operator.

Nairobi Central Division DCI boss Zack Nangulu said the officers would be charged in court as soon as investigations are complete.

Among the items found in the lorry were 15 tipper tyres, four new grader tyres, several empty drums, and 53 bags of charcoal.

According to senior NYS officers, the lorry, with fleet number 6740, was driven from the Yatta NYS Camp in Baringo County without travel authorisation, in a clear case of misuse of government vehicles.

Investigations have also been launched to establish why the lorry’s movement was not tracked. It had been driven for more than 200km from the camp