This archive report was first published on 24 June 2020.
On June 24, 2020, six officials of the Kenya School of Law (KSL) were arraigned in court and charged with a Ksh.198 million scam at the institution.
The officials, who include Amos Kabue Mwangi (Assistant Director, Finance and Administration), Prof. Morris Kiwinda Mbondenyi (Deputy Director/CEO), Frank Jackson Were (Finance Manager), Huson Amwai Lwigado Lwigado (Accountant at KSL, Proprietor of Ademwa Enterprises), Nobert Achiro Gondi (Assistant Accountant), and Ephraim Thuku Ngumi (Assistant Accountant), were charged with conspiracy to defraud over Ksh.198 million from KSL for goods not supplied.
The court heard that they allegedly committed the offence between September 10, 2014 and March 15, 2018.
Mr. Mwangi, Mr. Were, and Prof. Mbodenyi faced additional counts, including fraudulently making payments from public revenue.
Business entities alleged to have never supplied any goods or services to KSL and were not pre-qualified to supply any goods were also charged, including Ademwa Enterprises, Alfranc Investments, Deskench Investments, Firmline Company, Frigoya Investements, and Ngoya Cosmetics.