High court Judge, Justice Luka Kimaru on Thursday ordered the freezing of Governor Mike Sonko’s accounts again.
The court barred Sonko from transferring, withdrawing or using funds deposited in his accounts at Co-operative Bank of Kenya, Equity bank and Diamond Trust Bank respectively.
This edict came two days after the embattled governor successfully argued for the lifting of an order obtained from Assets Recovery Agency that saw five of his accounts frozen in December last year.
The agency said there were dubious cash deposits and withdrawals between 2017 and 2020, an indication of money embezzlement activities.
In a document presented in court by Assets Recovery Agency, showed that in one of Sonko’s accounts which holds Sh4.2 million, there were 35 deposits and withdrawals totaling Sh45 Million between July 5, 2017 and March 2, 2019.
In July 2017, Governor Sonko allegedly received Sh3.4 million from Arbab Auto Ltd which was deposited in four different accounts.
Through his lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui, troubled Sonko said the freezing of his accounts was unlawful.
He argued that the court was not given concrete proof to raise reasonable suspicion on claims of fraudulent transactions.
