A Kisumu Law Courts Chief Magistrate D.O. Onyango has sentenced two former Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) employees Reuben Andolo Aseneka, a former loading Island operator and Mutai Micah, a former ICT employee to pay a fine of KSh 10 million each or serve nine years in prison for their involvement in a fuel theft conspiracy.

Alongside them, Joseph Mbugua Maina, a truck driver, was sentenced to pay KSh 5.3 million or serve seven years in prison after being found guilty of stealing petroleum products and tampering with KPC’s fuel monitoring systems.

Aseneka and Mutai were found guilty of conspiracy to commit a felony, theft of petroleum products, illegally tampering with the KPC fuel monitoring systems (Fuelfacs and Acculoads), unauthorized access to KPC’s computer systems, specifically the Fuelfacs systems.

The Court sentenced the three as follows; In Count one, three accused persons were sentenced to one year imprisonment or pay a fine of ksh.100,000 each for the offence of conspiracy to commit a felony.

According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution ,they (Aseneka and Mutai )conspired to steal the MSP, which had been loaded onto a road tanker (Reg. No. KBJ 564D/ZD 1453). The Court further sentenced all accused persons to serve another 1-year imprisonment or pay a fine of Ksh.200,000 each for theft of petroleum products.

In Count 3, Aseneka and Mutai were both sentenced to pay a fine of Ksh.10 million each or serve 5 years imprisonment for illegally tampering with the KPC fuel monitoring systems (Fuelfacs and Acculoads).

In Counts 4 and 5, Mutai and Aseneka were sentenced to serve 2 years or pay a fine of Ksh.200,000 each for unauthorized access to KPC’s computer systems, specifically the Fuelfacs systems. While in Count 6, Mbugua was fined Ksh. 5 million or serve 5 years imprisonment.

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