A University of Nairobi (UoN) staff is expected to appear before the court after he was caught soliciting bribe from a student to be sworn in as a leader.
According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Mathews Omondi, who works at the administration and finance department of the university received KSh90,000 treated money.
The money was a part of his KSh130,000 demand to Pamela Gitobu for her to be sworn in as the finance secretary of the Students Organisation of the Nairobi University (Sonu).
He was arrested on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 and is expected to be arraigned in court on Friday, May 20.
He was released on a bond of KSh150,000.
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Sonu elections in 2016 were marred by accusations of bribery that resulted in
students rioting in April 2016 to protest the declaration of Babu Owino as their student leader for a third time.
Students on April 4 went on rampage, stoned motorists along University Way and burnt Sonu offices to protest the declaration that Owino was the winner of university elections.
Owino has been at the helm of Sonu for three times in 2011, 2014 and 2016.
More than 200 students were expelled from the institution after the violence. Some were pardoned but others were expelled from the institution.
Owino’s opponent, Michael Jacobs Odhiambo who lost the election to Owino is among the students who are challenging expulsion from the university.
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