The Milimani law courts. Photo/the-star.co.ke

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A prosecutor has been jailed for failing to produce witnesses.

Willy Momanyi was on Wednesday jailed by a Milimani law court for failing to produce a witness in a case where a former National Council of Non-Governmental Organisations Philip Okeyo is charged with stealing over Sh11 million.

Besides the one-day jail term, magistrate Ms Tobiko Sinkiyian ordered the state Momanyi to pay a fine of Sh25,000 where failure to pay will lead to five more days in jail.

According to the magistrate, the case has been pending before court for six years.

Mr Okeyo is charged alongside two others — Simeon Sagana Kanani and Lucas Chacha Matiko.

They are said to have stolen Sh11,793,453 on diverse dates between September 12, 2008 and June 26, 2009.