Court of Appeal acquits ex-PS Mangiti in Sh47m NYS graft case

Former Devolution PS Peter Mangiti during an interview at the Railways Golf Club in Nairobi, on October 19, 2023. [File, Standard]

The Court of Appeal has upheld the acquittal of former Principal Secretary for Planning, Peter Oganga Mangiti, and 22 others in a Sh47.6 million graft case linked to the National Youth Service (NYS) Season 1 scandal.

Justices Jamila Mohammed, Francis Tuiyott, and Paul Nyamweya delivered the unanimous decision, overturning a 2022 High Court judgment that had revived corruption charges against Mangiti and his co-accused. 

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