A Pastor accused of stealing Sh35 million deposited in his Church’s bank account has been found guilty by a Milimani court. Pastor Peter Nyaberi Nyamboga was convicted alongside a bank officer Boniface Wainaina Kabeu by Milimani senior principal Gilbert Shikwe for stealing Ksh 35.8 million from an ABC bank account.
Magistrate Shikwe on Friday ruled that the claim by the pastor was neither plausible nor convincing.
“You claimed to be a man of the cloth but it is clear that you were extremely economical with the truth if not outrightly lying to this court,” said Magistrate Gilbert Shikwe.
The Court ruled that the prosecution had successfully discharged their burden of proof to the required legal standard in the charge of stealing and therefore convicted the two suspects under section 215 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The two were arrested and charged in 2014 with the offense of stealing contrary to section 268 of the Penal Code.
At the time, the prosecution alleged that the two on diverse dates between April 2012 and August 2014 stole Ksh 35, 883, 591.45 the property of ABC Bank.
The stolen money was later deposited in the account of Pastor Peter Nyaberi, however, during the hearing of the case he informed the Court that he believed the money was a contribution from his congregants.
The Court will sentence the two on July 18, 2024.