- The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has ruled that allegations against Mwethi Njenga over the use of different names have not met the threshold for criminal prosecution.
- Authorities have established Njenga’s identity history across school, university, TSC, and KRA records, showing variations in names but no prosecutable offence.
- After reviewing affidavits and official documents, the ODPP has determined that inconsistencies in Njenga’s records have not constituted a criminal case.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has closed investigations into allegations that KUPPET National Treasurer Mwethi Njenga used different names in official records, ruling that the evidence did not meet the threshold for criminal prosecution.
The decision followed a review of an inquiry file submitted by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) after former Bomet Central MP and ex‑KUPPET Assistant National Treasurer Ronald Tonui lodged a complaint questioning the authenticity of Njenga’s documents. Tonui had alleged that Njenga used different names on his national identity card, degree certificate, and Teachers Service Commission (TSC) records.
In a letter dated June 12, 2026, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Robert Oyimbo confirmed that the duplicate police file lacked sufficient evidence to sustain charges.
“The evidence in the police duplicate does not meet the threshold required of a prosecutable case with a realistic and reasonable prospect of a conviction against the suspect. We therefore direct that this file be closed with no further police action,” Oyimbo stated.
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Investigations traced Njenga’s records across decades, establishing that he was born on November 5, 1962, to Robert Njenga Mwethi and Nellie Njoki Munyinyi, and baptised in 1974 as Wicks Mwethi. His birth certificate recorded him as Wicks Leonard Njenga, while school records showed he sat his CPE in 1976 as Njenga Mwithi and later his KCE in 1980 as Leonard Mwethi. In 1983, he sat Form Six examinations as Leonard Njenga Mwithi.
The ODPP noted that Njenga later obtained a national identity card under the name Wicks Mwethi Njenga. University records confirmed he graduated from Kenyatta University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Education (Arts) degree under the name Leonard Njenga Mwethi. The Kenya Revenue Authority verified his PIN registration under Wicks Mwethi Njenga, while TSC records showed he joined the commission in May 1988 as Mwethi Leonard Njenga. A January 2026 confirmation identified him as Wicks Leonard Njenga Mwethi, TSC number 273299, active between May 1988 and September 2004.
Further, Kimani Kahete & Co Advocates confirmed that Njenga swore an affidavit of attestation of names on April 11, 2018, using the same identity card number cited in the inquiry. The ODPP explained that its charging decisions are guided by the relevance, admissibility, reliability, and credibility of evidence, alongside public interest considerations.
After reviewing the records, prosecutors concluded that discrepancies in Njenga’s names across documents did not establish a prosecutable criminal case.
By Masaki Enock
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