Police have nabbed nine employees of Njiwa sacco in connection with the theft of Ksh.160 million from the savings society.
The nine were apprehended after a joint investigation by detectives and intelligence agency officers.
“The nine are; Amos Kipchumba who was the internal auditor, the loans manager Violet Wali, the accountant Caren Langat and system analysts Hamisi Zaunga and Miriam Nthenya,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said in a statement.
“Others are a teller identified as Nicodemus Osiemo, Eric Rono from Sure-step Systems, Moses Ntoinya an NIS officer who colluded with the SACCO staff to siphon the funds and Tony Wabomba a former employee of the SACCO society.”
The suspects, who were subsequently fired from the SACCO, will be prosecuted on September 25.
“They face nine counts of conspiracy to commit a felony, stealing by servant, false accounting by servant, negligence, computer fraud, forgery, uttering a false document, access with intent to commit an offence among other charges,” said the DCI.
Police are currently looking for three more suspects who may have been involved in the event.
