Mombasa Court hears how employee stole Sh10.8m from bank

Tyson Mutisya Kimanzi a cash officer at First Community Bank charged with stealing sh.10.8 million from the bank's vault (Joackim Bwana)

MOMBASA, KENYA: An employee took advantage of his access to a bank's strongroom to steal Sh10.8 million, a court has heard.

Tyson Mutisya Kimanzi also took advantage of the absence of security officers and his colleagues, who were taking lunch, to commit the crime at First Community Bank's Kizingo branch.