A middle-aged man has been charged with stealing three metal grills from the Kenya Railway Corporation worth Ksh40,000.
Josphat Kamau Chege has been charged with stealing contrary to section 268(1) as read with section 275 of the Penal Code.
“Josphat Kamau Chege, on January 4, 2026, at around 1500 hours at the Railways workshop within Nairobi County, stole 3 (three) radiator grills for a locomotive train valued at Ksh40,566, the property of Kenya Railways Corporation,” part of the charge sheet read.
According to the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), the railway security officers that were guarding the railway workshop while on their routine patrol heard some commotion.
The court heard that on checking what was happening near the fence of the workshop, they spotted someone who was carrying some metals wrapped in bedsheets.
“Your honour, after the security guards heard some commotion, they hid behind a tree and saw someone coming from the workshop carrying metals that were wrapped in bedsheets,” the prosecutor told the court.
The State told the court that when Kamau noticed the security officers were going after him, he started running, but they captured him.
They presented the three metal grills in court as exhibits, and the accused confirmed that they were indeed the ones he had carried.
Appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Dolphina Alego on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, the accused pleaded with the court to forgive him.
Kamau told the court that he was indeed caught with the metals, but he did not know that they were useful to the Kenya Railway Corporation.
“Mimi hizi vyuma zilikua mahali na zilikaa hazitumiki na nikachukua. Sikujua kama zinatumika kwa hivyo naomba msamaha,” Kamau told the court.
The court has directed the State to present a probation report to the court on January 8, 2026, before ruling on the accused pleading to be forgiven for the criminal offence.
