Nairobi Governor Dr Evans Kidero and his wife Susan Mboya on Tuesday successfully obtained a court order stopping the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) from investigating six bank accounts under their names.
EACC had earlier made a submission to the Makadara Law Courts seeking to find out if the accounts were conduits of corruption, and were issued with warrants to proceed.
The accounts, which some are jointly owned by the governor and his wife, are held in different banks and reportedly stashed with various currencies.
The court order stopped investigations into the couple's two accounts held at the Standard Chartered Bank that were under the EACC's inquiry.
A US Dollar account with the Standard Chartered Bank will also not be investigated, despite being alleged to have registered telegraphic money transfers.
In addition, there is a Sterling Pound account with the same bank (Standard Chartered), which the EACC suspects could have been used to wire money obtained through dubious means.
The Nairobi Governor is also said to have another Dollar account with his wife at the Commercial Bank of Africa, which is also being targeted by the Anti-graft commission.
The sixth bank account, spared from the probe was opened with Family Bank under Evans Kidero Foundation.
The EACC is seeking to find a link between the six bank accounts and the Sh200 Million bribe alleged to have been given to Supreme court judge Philip Tunoi.
The anti-graft commission was tracking deposits and withdrawals from the banks to establish the accusations of colluding to corruptly transfer public funds to those accounts.
Ms Mboya had earlier told journalists that her income comes from foreign sources, investments and employment and that she has no capacity to steal public funds.
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