NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct, 7 – Appearing before Senior Principal Magistrate Victor Kumile On Thursday, Former Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Director Davy Koech was fined Sh19.6 million for irregularly acquiring public funds.
Koech was charged with three counts.
On the first count, he had been charged that on August 17, 2006, in Nairobi, he fraudulently acquired Sh800,000, the property of KEMRI.
The second and third charges read that on December 12, 2006, he irregularly acquired Sh6 million and another Sh12.5 million from the institution.
Last month, the accused sought a review of a decision by the magistrate court to convict him to a six-year jail term.
He also sought an order for the dismissal of the conviction and sentence.
Koech argued that the court erred however Justice Esther Maina dismissed the request and said he failed to demonstrate how the trial court erred in convicting him for the corruption offence.
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