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Tobiko directs ex-NYS boss Githinji be charged with abuse of office

Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko

Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko has ordered the prosecution of former National Youth Service Director General Nelson Githinji with abuse of office for servicing and maintaining his private vehicle using taxpayers' money.

The DPP agreed with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission recommendations that Githinji with his former Personal Assistant Nicholas Makokha and a senior mechanic at the NYS, Geoffrey Kiriha, charged with facilitating the fraud.

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