This archive report was first published on 15 July 2020.
On July 15, 2020, two top officials, including a former National Industrial Training Authority board chairman, were charged with unlawful acquisition of public funds and misuse of office.
Prof Ekamais, a former chairman at NITA, was accused of unlawfully acquiring Kshs1,681,534 as allowance for meetings he did not attend and visits he failed to take.
Isaac Symekah Gwako Okiomera and Francis Mindo Gitaka, who appeared before Milimani Anti-Corruption Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti, denied the charges.
Okiomera was accused of using his office to improperly confer a benefit of Kshs1,681,534 to Prof Ekamais between July 2013 and February 2014 at the National Industry Training Authority offices in Nairobi.
Gitaka was accused of using his office to improperly confer a benefit of Kshs1,314,618 to Prof Ekamais between July 2013 to February 2014 at the NITA offices in Nairobi.
Prof Ekamais was also charged with knowingly giving his principal a false taxi receipt for motor vehicle KBQ 620B, showing that he had purportedly incurred taxi expenses of Kshs3,000 from Eldoret Airport to Kenmasa hotel.
Gitaka and Okiomera were released on a bond of 500,000 and alternative cash bail of 150,000.
The case will be mentioned on July 29.
