Lilian Ndegwa, two county workers deny Sh17m fraud

Nairobi County Secretary Lilian Ndegwa arrives at Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission offices in Nairobi on April 1,2015 after her arrest on claims of defrauding the county of Sh17 million. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL |  NATION MEDIA GROUP.

In Summary

• EACC officers arrested the three on Wednesday evening over the economic crime allegedly committed between November 1, 2013 and December 3, 2014.
• Ms Ndegwa, Ms Chepkemoi and Ms Waithera denied the charge before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ndegwa and were granted Sh2 million bail each.
• EACC officers are still hunting for two other county employees implicated in the fraud, Mr Jimmy Mutuku and Mr Stephen Ogaga, who are still at large.

By MAZERA NDURYA
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A senior official of Nairobi City County government and two employees were on Thursday dragged into a Nairobi court and charged with defrauding the county of Sh17.9 million.

County Secretary Lilian Wanjiru Ndegwa, Ms Regina Chepkemoi and Ms Nancy Waithera were accused of stealing the money from the county’s imprests account held at Co-operative Bank’s City Hall Branch.

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission officers arrested the three on Wednesday evening over the economic crime allegedly committed between November 1, 2013 and December 3, 2014.

DENIED CHARGE
Ms Ndegwa, Ms Chepkemoi and Ms Waithera denied the charge before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ndegwa and were granted Sh2 million bail each.

Alternatively, Mr Ndegwa allowed the accused to walk to temporary freedom by depositing a Sh5 million bond each with surety.

EACC officers are still hunting for two other county employees implicated in the fraud, Mr Jimmy Mutuku and Mr Stephen Ogaga, who are still at large.

The case will be mentioned on April 16 and the hearing is in June.