Two former Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) employees have been sentenced to pay a fine of Sh10 million each or serve nine years imprisonment.
The two were sentenced alongside Joseph Mbugua Maina, a truck driver who was sentenced to pay a fine of Sh5.3 million or serve seven years imprisonment.
Kisumu Law Courts Chief Magistrate D.O. Onyango sentenced Reuben Andolo Aseneka, a former loading Island operator and Mutai Micah, a former ICT employee after they were found guilty of conspiracy to commit a felony, theft of petroleum products, illegally tampering with the KPC fuel monitoring systems (Fuelfacs and Acculoads), unauthorized access to KPC’s computer systems, specifically the Fuelfacs systems.
The court sentenced the three as follows; In Count one, three accused persons were sentenced to one year imprisonment or pay a fine of Sh100,000 each for the offence of conspiracy to commit a felony.
They conspired to steal the MSP, which had been loaded onto a road tanker.
The court further sentenced all accused persons to serve another year imprisonment or pay a fine of Sh200,000 each for theft of petroleum products.
In Count 3, Aseneka and Mutai were both sentenced to pay a fine of Sh10 million each or serve five years imprisonment for illegally tampering with the KPC fuel monitoring systems (Fuelfacs and Acculoads).
In Counts 4 and 5, Mutai and Aseneka were sentenced to serve 2 years or pay a fine of Sh200,000 each for unauthorized access to KPC’s computer systems, specifically the Fuelfacs systems.
While in Count 6, Mbugua was fined Sh5 million or serve five years imprisonment.
The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Catherine Mwaniki, Patrick Okango, and Shitsama Ligami.
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