High Court upholds jailing of 5 ex-Homa Bay county assembly staff over graft
From left: Former Homa Bay County Assembly Clerk Bob Kephas, Chief Finance Officer of the House Caroline Sang, senior accounts clerk at the Assembly Maurice Amek, Everyone Awino Ogutu of Nyangume Enterprises, former Equity Bank Manager David Obonyo Mireri and Lilian Achieng' Aloo when they appeared before Homa Bay Chief Magistrate Julius Nangea on November 16, 2021.
The hopes of five former Homa Bay County Assembly officials to spend Christmas and New Year with their relatives were dashed after the court upheld their six-year jail term for stealing Sh27 million.
Justice Esther Maina dismissed appeal challenging their conviction and sentencing citing lack of merit.
