The High Court has ordered the freezing of Ksh21.2 million belonging to a junior officer at the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) due to accusations that the funds were obtained unlawfully.
The court approved the preservation orders following a complaint filed by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) investigating Daniel Munywoki Wambua’s source of income.
Wambua, who works as an accountant at KeRRA, collected the millions in question in four months while earning a monthly salary of Ksh55,607.
“Wambua is reasonably suspected of acquiring and accumulating illicit wealth far in excess of his known legitimate sources of income through embezzlement of public funds, conflict of interest, bribery, and abuse of office,” the EACC stated.
EACC filed a motion in court to prevent the funds from being dispersed, transferred, or withdrawn until the outcome of the complaint seeking forfeiture of the funds to the state.
