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High Court upholds three-year jail term for ex-EPRA boss Oimeke

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Former EPRA Director-General Robert Pavel Oimeke. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Former Energy Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) boss Pavel Oimeke lost an appeal challenging a three-year jail term or a Sh1 million fine imposed on him for bribery.

Justice Esther Maina on Thursday upheld Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ooko's verdict after finding that Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Renson Ingonga and the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) had a watertight case against Oimeke.

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