{"id":132404,"date":"2026-02-27T11:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/bomet-court-jails-man-50-years-fines-him-sh50-million-in-278kg-cannabis-trafficking-case\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:02:55","slug":"bomet-court-jails-man-50-years-fines-him-sh50-million-in-278kg-cannabis-trafficking-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/bomet-court-jails-man-50-years-fines-him-sh50-million-in-278kg-cannabis-trafficking-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomet court jails man 50 years, fines him Sh50 million in 278kg cannabis trafficking case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 27 \u2014 The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has secured a landmark conviction in a drug trafficking case after a Bomet court sentenced a man to 50 years in prison and imposed a Sh50 million fine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the ODPP described the ruling as a significant victory in the State\u2019s ongoing crackdown on narcotics networks operating along key transit routes.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Principal Magistrate Stephen Onjoro of the Bomet Law Courts sentenced Bernard Miyeiende Kerongo to 50 years\u2019 imprisonment after finding him guilty of trafficking in narcotic drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The court further ordered Kerongo to pay a fine of Sh50 million or, in default, serve an additional five years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court heard that on March 22, 2024, at about 5:55 p.m., the accused was intercepted at Mulot town along the Bomet\u2013Narok highway while transporting ten sacks of cannabis weighing 278 kilograms and valued at Sh8,340,000,\u201d the ODPP said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, the narcotics were concealed in a Toyota Noah, registration number KBZ 667Z, in clear violation of the law.<\/p>\n<p>The case was prosecuted by Principal Prosecution Counsel Ayekha Augustine, whose presentation of evidence secured the conviction.<\/p>\n<p>The ODPP said the sentence sends a strong warning to individuals involved in drug trafficking and reaffirmed its commitment to dismantling narcotics syndicates across the country.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 27 \u2014 The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has secured a landmark conviction in a drug trafficking case after a Bomet court sentenced a man to 50 years in prison and imposed a Sh50 million fine. In a statement, the ODPP described the ruling as a significant victory in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}