Former NYS Procurement Head Sentenced To Prison
Hendrick Nyongesa, a former head of procurement at the National Youth Service (NYS) has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of falsifying a document contrary to Section 347(a) as read with Section 349 of the Penal Code.
In Addition, he was sentenced to five years in prison for breach of trust by a person employed in the Public Service, contrary to Section 127(1) as read with Section 127(2) of the Penal Code.
The court ruled that the sentences run concurrently without the option of paying a fine.
Notably, the former NYS director of finance, Samuel Wachenje, was jailed to five years in prison without the option of a fine..
The court heard that Nyongesa, together with others not before the court, created a false document with the intention to defraud a Ministry of Public Works Supplies Branch circular purporting it to be an authentic document from said ministry.
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