A suspect in the National Youth Service (NYS) scandal has been jailed four years.
Selesio Karanja, a supply chain assistant, was implicated in the NYS I scandal and has become the first suspect to be found guilty.
The court fined him Sh4 million, failure to which he will serve four years in jail.
Karanja was charged alongside former PS Peter Mangiti and 22 others.
The suspect was found guilty of fraudulent procurement practice by Milimani Anti-Corruption Court chief magistrate Lawrence Mugambi.
The court has also barred the man from ever holding a public office.
Last year in June, the High Court Judge Hedwig Ong'undi temporarily released all the suspects charged over the multi-billion scandal on bail pending trial.
“Even as I grant bail am aware of the seriousness of the charges the applicants and co-accused and range from senior government officers to junior officers,” Justice Hedwig Ongudi ruled.
They would, however, earn their temporary reprieve on stringent terms. The suspects included former Principal Secretary for Youth and Gender Affairs Lililan Omollo and former NYS director Richard Ndubai.
They were required to each pay a Sh5 million bond plus a cash bail of Sh1 million.