James Odhiambo was Monday fined Sh4.5 million for loss suffered by the Ministry of Education 11 years ago. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Summary
- James Odhiambo was Monday fined Sh4.5 million for loss suffered by the Ministry of Education 11 years ago.
- Mr Odhiambo was accused of giving false receipts to the ministry purporting that he had spent Sh2,263,440 for refurbishment at the Provincial Technical Training Eastern Province Office, Embu.
- He was head of School Equipment and Maintenance Unit (SEMU) at the Education ministry.
A former Ministry of Education official James Odhiambo was
Monday directed to pay Sh4.5 million or serve a year in jail for the
loss suffered by the ministry 11 years ago.
Senior
Principal Magistrate Felix Kombo Monday held that the evidence presented
before court had proved beyond any reasonable doubt that the accused
had forged documents which were used to defraud the ministry.
The
charge had stated that on June 4, 2008 at Jogoo House, in Nairobi,
being an agent of the Ministry of Education, he gave false receipts to
the ministry purporting that he had spent Sh2,263,440 for refurbishment
at the Provincial Technical Training Eastern Province Office, Embu. He
was head of School Equipment and Maintenance Unit (SEMU) at the
Education ministry.
“I find it proved beyond all
reasonable doubt that the receipts, the subject of count one, were
forged documents and therefore false,” SPM Kombo.
He said the documents were made by the accused who therefore knew that they were false.
“The
accused gave them to his principal – the Ministry in purported account
for the impress of Sh2,263,440 which he received through impress warrant
number C806410,” said the magistrate.
The court noted
that receipts by the accused were indeed forgeries and were never issued
by the entities indicated on their face.
“They were written by the accused himself and only he would know their real source,” ruled the magistrate.
The accused was however acquitted on the second count, which also alleged fraud.
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