Varsity student charged with stealing Sh33m from employer

A university student has been charged with stealing Sh33 million from his employer by a Bondo court. Jack Ouma Omollo, 32, was arraigned before Bondo Principal Magistrate Moses Obiero and charged with stealing by servant, contrary to section 281 of the penal code.

The court heard that between March 2015 and September 2016 at Got Agullu Sub-location in Bondo Sub-county, together with others not before the court, Omollo, a student at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University, who had been employed as a sales administrator, stole property from his employer, Alicia Bakers and Confection Ltd.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges but was denied bond by Magistrate Obiero after the prosecutor informed the court that CID report had established that Ouma had more than Sh20, 000,000 in his personal bank account. The case will be mentioned on Monday.