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Ex-MP Pavel Oimeke to serve 3 years in jail or Sh1m fine for pocketing bribe

Pavel Oimeke, the former EPRA boss, served as Bonchari MP between May 2021 and August 2022. [File, Standard]

The Anti-Corruption Court in Nairobi on Tuesday, March 28 found former EPRA boss and Bonchari MP Pavel Oimeke guilty of pocketing Sh200,000 bribe in December 2020.

Oimeke, who was the energy regulator director-general at the time, received the bribe on December 10, 2020 to facilitate the reopening of a petrol station in Oyugis, Homa Bay County.

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