Kenya: I pocketed Sh3.7m meant for disabled client, lawyer

45-year-old Zacchaeus Okwako at his Machembe home in Shikoti Kakamega County. He claims that his lawyer who represented him in his accident case has not remitted to him a balance of over sh. 1.3m. Kwako was involved in an accident while working in a jaggery in Webuye. (PHOTO: CHRISPEN SECHERE/ STANDARD)

Forced out of work at a productive age and without his hands, Zaccheus Okwako hoped a Sh3.7 million compensation settlement would assuage some of his pain.

But his knight in shining armour, a lawyer, had other plans. The advocate, Jackson Khayumbi, told The Standard on Saturday, that he was working on remitting the award to his client, six months after the court awarded the compensation settlement and more than two years after an accident at work.