Kilifi: Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Vandalising KSh 30k SGR Fencing Post

• Mangale Yawa was sentenced to 10 years in prison without a fine by Principal Magistrate Nelly Adalo in Mariakani
• Yawa was convicted and sentenced for endangering the safety of Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) commuters by vandalizing a Ksh 30,000 SGR line fencing post
• The court determined that the prosecution, led by senior principal prosecution counsel Angela Fuchaka, had proven all the charges against Yawa

Kilifi- A Mariakani court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison without a fine for vandalising and endangering the safety of the Standard Gauge Railway commuters.

Principal Magistrate Nelly Adalo convicted and sentenced Mangale Yawa for endangering the safety of commuters after vandalizing a Ksh 30,000 SGR line fencing post owned by Kenya Railways Corporation.

In her ruling, Adalo said the prosecution, through senior principal prosecution counsel Angela Fuchaka, proved all the charges against the accused beyond a reasonable doubt.

Yawa was also found guilty of stealing four D10 metal rods, approximately six feet each, and approximately 5kg of metal hooks, all valued at Ksh 30,000 and belonging to Kenya Railways Corporation.

The accused was further found guilty of escaping from lawful custody while under the lawful custody of two police officers by jumping out of a police vehicle at Taru police station in Kinango sub-county within Kwale.

Embu man sentenced for killing wife

Elsewhere, a 56-year-old man will be locked up in jail for the next 15 years after being found guilty of killing his wife.

Fifty-six-year-old Crispin Nyaga killed his wife, Catherine Mbuya, on last year's Christmas Day after a dispute between them.

The bone of contention was food; Nyaga accused his wife of failing to produce the meat he had asked her to prepare for the family.

The man left home on December 25, 2022, to make merry.

This was after Nyaga reportedly left Mbuya KSh 2,000 to buy food and other commodities.

Nyandarua businessman sentenced for using transformer oil

In a separate story, a Nyandarua businessman was sentenced to two years in prison for using transformer oil to fry potato chips in his hotel business.

Elijah Mwangi Muthoga, who operates a hotel at Ol Kalou trading centre, was arrested in December 2021 while possessing 11 litres of transformer oil used for cooking chips at his hotel.

A statement from Kenya Power company indicated that Muthoga also repackaged it for sale as popcorn cooking oil.