NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 28 – Former Energy Petroleum and Regulatory Authority (EPRA) Director General Pavel Oimeke has been handed a three-year jail term for receiving a Sh200,000 bribe to open a petrol station in Nyanza.
Trail magistrateΒ PeterΒ Ooko also gave Oimeke an alternative Sh1 million fine.
Ooko said that the prosecution had provedΒ the chargeΒ of receivingΒ a bribe beyondΒ reasonable doubt.
The prosecutionΒ calledΒ a total of 13 witnessesΒ who gave their evidenceΒ duringΒ the trail.
Oimeke is said to had receivedΒ the treated moneyΒ from WycliffeΒ OtienoΒ who had applied to have his filling stationΒ openedΒ in Nyanza
The saidΒ moneyΒ was handed to the complainant ( Otieno) by the officials from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).
