Court Convicts NG-CDF Official, Contractor in KSh 19 Million Malindi Fraud Case

By Abdimalik Hajir - Reporter

Kenya, 10 July 2026 - A Malindi court has convicted a senior National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) official and a private contractor in a corruption case involving the irregular award of a KSh 19 million public project in Malindi.

Wachu Omar Abdallah, the NG-CDF Malindi Fund Account Manager, and Robert Katana Wanje, a director of Multserve Contractors Limited, were on Friday convicted by the Malindi Chief Magistrate’s court after finding that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

Chief Magistrate John Muniu held that the evidence presented by the prosecution established the offences under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act and the Penal Code.

The court rejected the defence case, describing it as weak and unconvincing, while affirming the credibility and consistency of the prosecution’s evidence presented through more than 10 witnesses.

Abdallah was found guilty of willfully failing to comply with procurement laws contrary to Section 45(2)(b), as read with Section 48 of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, 2003.

The court heard that between 25 and 29 May 2018, he irregularly awarded Multserve Contractors Limited a tender worth KSh 19,007,539.60 for the construction of the Malindi Sub-County Education Office Block without obtaining the mandatory professional opinion required under the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015.

He was fined KSh 400,000 or, in default, sentenced to serve six years’ imprisonment.

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Wanje was convicted on three counts of forgery and one count of uttering a false document after the court found that he forged key tender documents, including a curriculum vitae, a craft certificate and audited financial statements, before fraudulently submitting them to the Tender Opening Committee to secure the contract.

He was fined KSh 200,000 on each of the four counts or, in default, sentenced to serve two years’ imprisonment on each count, with the sentences running concurrently.

The court granted both convicts 14 days to lodge an appeal against the convictions and sentences.

Prosecution was led by Principal Prosecution Counsels Martin Kariuki, Alex Ndiema, and Principal Prosecution Counsels Godfrey Ngige and Henrietta Mburu.