Two senior NYS officials suspended over Sh2 billion fraud move to court
Deputy Commandant General Nicholas Makhoha and Senior Superintendent David Mbogo have accused their boss of suspending them illegally from service on baseless allegations.
Two senior NYS officials have moved to court to challenge their suspension over alleged Sh2billion embezzlement of public funds.
Deputy Commandant General Nicholas Makhoha and Senior Superintendent David Mbogo have accused their boss of suspending them illegally from service on baseless allegations.
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The two were suspended after the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) moved to court on May 2, 2025, seeking to have them probed for alleged accumulation of illicit wealth amounting to Sh510 million and Sh510 million, respectively.
They have sued the NYS council, the Director General, the Attorney General, and Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku.
The officers have filed their cases separately before High Court Judge Chacha Mwita.
The two senior officials claimed that EACC first sensationally claimed on its X account that they had allegedly embezzled Sh2 billion.
Nevertheless, according to them, the story changed in court papers before the magistrate's court as it relied its probe on Sh510 million.
"Unless the court urgently intervenes, I shall continue to suffer grave violation of my constitutional rights, irreparable reputational damage and economic hardship while the illegality is perpetuated under the guise of a lawful disciplinary process," they state in court papers.
Mbogo, in his case, said that Ruku wrote to NYS Commandant-General James Tembur on May 19, 2025, directing him to furnish the CS within five days with evidence of disciplinary action against unnamed officers suspected of conflict of interest and abuse of office.
According to him, Tembur responded that he had not received any formal communication from NYS but went ahead and sent him on compulsory leave.
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