In summary
- Awach committed the offence in February
- Pleads not guilty and released on cash bail
Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company Secretary General Elijah Awach has been charged with forgery.
Awach was arraigned before Principal Magistrate Esther Kimilu
According to the prosecution Awach committed the offence on February 12, 2021 in Nairobi
The accused person allegedly forged a signature on National Executive committee minutes purporting it to have been signed by Ahmed Bashir Mohammed.
The staffer was charged with second count of uttering a false document.
Pleads not guilty
He pleaded not guilty and was released on a cash bail of Kes 200,000.
The case will be mentioned on 22nd March 2023 for pre-trial.
Last year a former employer of Nairobi water and Sewerage Company Peter Ndichu was sentenced for two years after the court found him guilty of demanding Ksh 300,000 bribe so that I could not prefer criminal charge against illegal water user in Baba Dogo.
In September last year another Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Limited was jailed for two years after he was found guilty of demanding a bribe not to prefer criminal charges against a water user.
Peter Ndichu is said to have demanded Ksh 300,000 in the year 2019 from one of the landlords in Baba Dogo area within Nairobi County, whom he accused of using illegal connection.
However the trials Magistrate Peter Ooko gave the conviction an alternate fine of Ksh. 300,000.
“Having the heard the prosecution and the defense the accused persons has been found guilty of demanding a bribe and sentenced serve two years in prison,” Magistrate ruled.
The court in its judgment said that the convict had demanded Ksh. 500,000 in order not to prefer charges against the water user.
During the hearing the trial court heard that another officer from the company who visited the area said that indeed that water had been disconnected.
By Rodgers Oduor
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