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Nairobi County assembly staff, businessman charged with fraud

The five fraud suspects pleaded not guilty to the crimes and were released on a cash bail of Sh300,000 each. [Courtesy]

Five Nairobi City County staff and a businessman have been charged with conspiracy to steal Sh997,926 from the County assembly.

The senior staff included Assembly Clerk Jacob Ngwele, Deputy Clerk Adah Onyango, senior procurement officer James Kariuki, senior finance and Planning Officer Fredrick Mwangi, principal accountant Philomena Nzuki and businessman Raphael Maluki.

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