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Suspended county clerk, five others in books tender case acquitted

Suspended Nairobi County Assembly Clerk Jacob Ngwele at a past function. He and five others were charged for abuse of office. [File, Standard]

The suspended Nairobi County Assembly clerk and his five colleagues who were charged with corruption have been acquitted.

Jacob Ngwele, his deputy Adah Awour, colleagues Philomena Nzuki (principal accountant), James Kariuki (senior procurement officer), Fredrick Mwangi (senior finance and planning officer) and Raphael Maluki (proprietor of Primara Ventures) were arrested in August 2018.

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