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ODPP fails to prove forgery charge in Sh1.1B overseas education case

Lawyer Hillary Kiprop on May 6, 2025, before Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ndege at Nakuru Law Courts. [Photo, Daniel Chege]

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) has suffered a blow in its bid to prove a forgery charge in the Sh1.1 billion Finland and Canada Education Programme case.

The ODPP had lined up Lawyer Hillary Kiprop, to testify against Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago and current and former county officials Meshack Rono and Joshua Lelei.

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