NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 25 — A radical clean up in imminent at National Intelligence Services’ Njiwa sacco after nine officials faced fraud charges at Nairobi’s Kahawa Law Courts on Tuesday.
The clean up at the intelligence unit comes barely months after Noordin Haji took over as NIS Director General from Major General Phillip Kameru.
The Public Prosecutor presented twelve individuals linked to a Sh160 million fraud at the sacco presenting a 57-page charge sheet with a total of 232 charges againt the accused persons.
The individuals face multiple counts including abuse of office, conspiracy to defraud and stealing by servant forgery.
The accused persons through lawyer Danstan Omari dismissed the charge sheet as defective, mounting an application to abort the case.
Duty magistrate however dismissed the challenge holding that there are no guidelines on the number of charges the prosecution can tabulate in a charge sheet.
The accused persons include Amos Kipchumba, an internal auditor; Violet Wali, loans manager; Caren Langat, an accountant; and system analysts Hamisi Zaunga and Miriam Nthenya.
Suspects also include Nicodemus Osiemo, a teller; Eric Rono from Sure-step Systems; Moses Ntoinya, an NIS officer who allegedly colluded with the Sacco staff to siphon the funds; Tony Wabomba, a former employee of the Njiwa Sacco society; as well as Karen Jepkemboi, Daniel Mweteri and Sammy Afubwa.
Another suspect, Mirriam Nthenya, was reportedly taken ill and admitted at Agha Khan Hospital.
The court granted Nthenya a personal bond of 10 million.
