Council of elders chairman jailed for three years for impersonation

Nyandi Ndiiriri council of elders chairman Andrew Ireri during a prayer day at Nembure, Embu West when hundreds of elders prayed for peace in the county during the general elections.(Joseph Muchiri, Standard

An elder has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for impersonating an advocate.

Embu Resident Magistrate Jean Ndengeri said the prosecution had proved beyond doubt that Andrew Ireri, the chairman of the local council of elders, had committed the offence and fined him Sh215,000 for four counts or a jail term.