Former Energy Petroleum and Regulatory Authority (EPRA) Director General Pavel Oimeke has been handed a three-year jail term for receiving a Sh200,000 bribe to open a petrol station in Nyanza.
Anti-corruption court magistrate Peter Ooko also gave Oimeke an alternative Sh1 million fine.
According to Ooko, the prosecution had proved the charge of receiving a bribe beyond reasonable doubt.
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A total of 13 witnesses were called by the prosecution to give evidence during the trail.
Oimeke is said to had received the treated money from Wycliffe Otieno who had applied to have his filling station opened in Nyanza.
The said money was handed to the complainant (Otieno) by the officials from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).