Tag: Former NYS Director General Nelson Githinji

NYS Season 1: Former senior officials acquitted in Sh791m scandal Besides the Sh791 million scandal, the accused are also charged in other NYS cases. Former NYS Director General Nelson Githinji, ex-PS Peter Mangiti and businessman Ben Gethi have been acquitted in the Sh791 million National Youth Service (NYS) scandal. Clearing the former senior civil servants in what was termed as “NYS Season One”, Milimani chief magistrate Wendy Micheni said,  on Monday evening, the prosecution failed to produce enough evidence linking them to the theft of hundreds of millions. Micheni said the offences filed against the former senior NYS Officials would have been proven if the prosecution had presented electronic evidence in their bid to pin down the suspects. While acquitting the three who we...