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Acquittal of former city finance boss in Sh18m graft case revoked

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Former Nairobi County Chief Finance Officer Jimmy Kiamba when he appeared before Public Accounts Committee on May 6. [James Mwangi, Standard]

Former Nairobi Chief Finance Officer Jimmy Kiamba is staring at a jail sentence or a hefty fine after the High Court overturned a magistrate's decision to acquit him in a Sh18 million theft at City Hall.

Justice Esther Maina ruled that former Nairobi Chief Magistrate Kennedy Bidali made a mistake in acquitting Kiamba, a former head of accounting at City Hall Stephen Osiro, former county secretary Lilian Wanjiru Ndegwa and Regina Rotich when the evidence proved they committed the crime.

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