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Peter Mangiti: I was sacrificed over fears I was sharing NYS secrets with Raila

Former devolution PS Peter Mangiti during an interview at the Railways Golf Club in Nairobi on October 19, 2023. [Silas Otieno, Standard]

Former Devolution PS Peter Mangiti has claimed that he was sacrificed in the National Youth Service scandal over suspicion that he was sharing secret information with opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Speaking two days after being acquitted in the Sh791 million NYS theft case, Mangiti said it has been a painful eight-year trial for a crime he never committed and suffered just because some senior people in the Jubilee government thought he was not loyal to the system.

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