•The fines heaped on the Senior Research and Policy Officer arose from the various offences for which he was eventually convicted and sentenced.
A former official has been fined Sh3.3 million for misappropriating Sh870,000 at the Youth Enterprise Development Fund.
Eric Otieno Oyare was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in the event he fails to raise the fine for the irregularity involving cash set aside for five constituencies in Eastern region.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission said in a brief on the case that the sentences will run consecutively beginning June 28, 2020, being the date the official was convicted.
EACC said it established that the money was misappropriated in December 2011 and fraudulently accounted for by officers of the fund.
The fines heaped on the Senior Research and Policy Officer arose from the offences for which he was eventually convicted and sentenced.
Oyare was fined Sh50,000 or serve one year in jail for fraudulent acquisition of public property or serve a year in jail.
“In addition, he will pay a further fine of Sh234,000 for the benefit he acquired from the offence,” the EACC brief reads.
For the count of abuse of office, the accused was fined Sh50,000 and will pay a further Sh234,000 for the benefit accrued as a result of the offence.
Oyare will also pay a Sh50,000 fine or serve one year in jail for false accounting by a public officer contrary to the Penal Code.
The ex-official has also been fined Sh50,000 and an additional Sh182,600 for fraudulent acquisition of public property contrary the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, No 3 of 2003.
A similar fine has been imposed for the count of Oyare’s conviction of abuse of office charge, the additional Sh182,600 being for the benefit acquired as a result of the offence.
Some other eight counts are set to attract between Sh200,000 to Sh380,000 being fines and additional fines from the benefits accruing from the offences.
For these, Oyare has been fined Sh50,000 or one year in jail for abuse of office contrary to the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, No.3 of 2003.
In addition, he will pay a further fine of Sh164,800 for the benefit acquired as a result of the offences.
For the charge of false accounting by a public officer, the accused is to pay a fine of Sh50,000 or serve a one year in jail.
Oyare has been fined Sh329,000 on top of the Sh50,000 fine or one year in jail for the charge of fraudulent acquisition of public property.
Another count of abuse of office has caused him Sh329,000 above the Sh50,000 fine or one year in jail as a result of the offences.
Another charge of fraudulent acquisition of property has attracted an additional fine of Sh360,200, being for the benefit acquired as a result of the offences.
-Edited by SKanyara