Alarm over disappearance of public money has been raised following the going missing of NYS sh 250 million awarded to the Ngirita family.
The High Court has frozen Samburu Governor Moses Kasaine’s bank accounts as the anti-graft commission stepped up efforts to recover Sh1.6 billion suspected to have been stolen from the county.
Justice John Onyiego stopped the governor from operating or withdrawing millions of shillings from his five accounts registered in the names of his company, Oryx Service Station, pending determination of the suit by Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).
EACC in its application claimed that the governor is likely to withdraw from the accounts and hide the over Sh80 million he corruptly acquired from the county government before investigations into the scandal are complete.
“In light of the ongoing investigations into the Sh1.6 billion financial misappropriation in Samburu County, the commission is reasonably apprehensive that the governor will transfer, withdraw or in other way deal with the money to defeat the cause of justice,” said lawyer Diana Kenduiwa.
Awhile back Lenolkulal was banned from transferring, disposing or dealing with four prime properties situated in Karen area for at least six months pending graft probe.