EACC Freezes Sh27.5M Nairobi Apartments Owned By Vihiga County Employees
EACC chairman Bishop David Oginde
As Cases of Government Workers Failing To Account For Their Wealth Rises
By JOY KWAMA and PETER MWANGI
Worth Noting:
- “The apartments at Nextgen Park on Mombasa Road and Fourways Junction on Kiambu Road are worth Ksh14 million and Ksh13.5 million, respectively,” stated the commission.
- The move was part of the commission’s crackdown on the theft of public funds and property as stated by its chairman David Oginde. While taking the oath of office, he stated that he would establish effective anti-corruption strategies to promote ethics, integrity, and good governance.
- In a separate incident on June 21, EACC ordered a Nairobi woman to surrender a house that she allegedly acquired illegally.
- The commission noted that if the lady failed to move out, it would obtain an eviction warrant to enforce court orders.
The anti-corruption organisation; Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained court orders t freezing two prime apartments located in Nairobi for allegedly being purchased using government funds.
The apartments were partly purchased by government officials including a procurement officer from Vihiga County and his two wives.
According to EACC, one of the wives is also an employee at the same county.
Others implicated in the case included a former County Chief Officer, his wife and eight other individuals.
In a statement, the commission disclosed that it will later release further details about the county officials involved in the case and their spouses.
“A detailed brief including information about the spousal relationships of the county officials involved as well as the embezzlement money flow chart will soon be available to the public,” noted EACC in a statement.
Additionally, the commission noted that the two apartments located along Mombasa Road and Fourways Junction Estate, along Kiambu road were worth Sh27.5 million.
“The apartments at Nextgen Park on Mombasa Road and Fourways Junction on Kiambu Road are worth Ksh14 million and Ksh13.5 million, respectively,” stated the commission.
The move was part of the commission’s crackdown on the theft of public funds and property as stated by its chairman David Oginde. While taking the oath of office, he stated that he would establish effective anti-corruption strategies to promote ethics, integrity, and good governance.
In a separate incident on June 21, EACC ordered a Nairobi woman to surrender a house that she allegedly acquired illegally.
The commission noted that if the lady failed to move out, it would obtain an eviction warrant to enforce court orders.
The property was marked with a caveat while the woman, her servants, and agents were warned not to trespass or interfere with it.
“A permanent injunction restraining the woman, her servants and or agents from alienating, encumbering, disposing of, wasting, and trespassing upon or in any other way interfering with the property except by way of surrender back to the Government,” an EACC statement read in part.
A few weeks ago, Anti-Corruption High Court froze the assets belonging to a City Hall employee over Ksh537 million unexplained wealth.
Justice Esther Maina issued orders freezing the multi-million shillings property belonging to Michael Auka Ajwang, a junior procurement employee earning a Ksh21,000 monthly salary.
The Judge allowed an application by Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to preserve the assets including 11 vehicles, nine parcels of land and a 3-Star hotel in Kisumu County belonging to Anjwag and his firm, the Hydeout Riviera Limited on grounds that the same was acquired corruptly.
Pressing for the orders then, EACC informed Justice Maina that Anjwag is believed to have engaged in grand corruption at city hall.
The judge proceeded to grant the orders to have properties belonging to the officer frozen pending the hearing and determination of the suit by the commission.
The properties include a high-end property in Kisumu County.
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