Nairobi County would have lost Ksh83 million to fraudulent firms report revealed on Tuesday.
Four company bank accounts have been frozen for allegedly conspiring to defraud City Hall.
This is after police revealed that the funds had been stolen from City Hall accounts on February 25, 2019.
Waylin General Merchants, Fidelity Telecom Services, Rayfa Construction Services and Mully Office Equipment are the companies being investigated by the police.
According to Daily Active, the police made an application on Tuesday seeking orders to freeze the companies’ bank accounts.
They also wanted to access banking statements of the Companies from October 1, 2018 to February 25, 2019 and the account opening details.
In a different case, three senior city hall officials have been released after a Nairobi court rejected an application to detain them over Ksh7.3 million fraud.
The three, Stephen Mwina Mutua (Chief Finance Officer), Johnson Akongo Abwori, his deputy and David Kimburi Wambugu (accountant) were released on a cash bail of Ksh200,000 each by Principal Magistrate Peter Ooko.
The suspects were arrested on February 25, 2019 for allegedly conspiring with the directors of Nunguni General suppliers to steal Ksh7,396,552.
