Engineer Arrested for Forging Transport Ministry Contract Extension Letter

By : Mweru Mbugua 

Detectives from the Serious Crime Unit have arrested a senior government engineer accused of forging an official letter from the State Department of Transport.

According to a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspect, Richard Kirui Bongei  a Principal Engineer at the Ministry of Housing was apprehended after the Transport Ministry reported the alleged forgery

Bongei is accused of falsifying a letter titled “Renewal of Local Agreement Terms” that purported to grant Capt

Martyne Luther Lunani a three-year extension as Director of Aircraft Accident Investigation at the Ministry of Roads and Transport

The DCI said the letter, dated May 6, 2024, bore the signature of a senior government official and was flagged as suspicious by internal verification systems within the Transport Department

“Document forensic examination experts established that the letter was indeed a forged document and confiscated it as evidence

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Forensic trails subsequently linked the document to Richard Bongei, leading to his arrest,” the DCI stated

Further investigations are underway as the suspect remains in custody pending formal charges