Ex-PS, 22 others acquitted in Sh47 million NYS theft case

A three-judge bench overturned the High Court’s decision to reinstate the criminal trial and endorsed a magistrate’s ruling that acquitted them in March 2018.

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The Court of Appeal in Nairobi has upheld the acquittal of 23 people, including former Devolution PS Peter Oganga Mangiti, implicated in the multi-million-shilling corruption scandal at the National Youth Service (NYS) 10 years ago.

In the highly publicised case, Mr Mangiti and his co-accused had been charged with conspiring to steal Sh47.6 million from the NYS through irregular purchase of training materials for the service personnel in 2015.

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