The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has revealed details of how a former Nairobi County Finance Officer Jimmy Kiamba wired more than Ksh1 billion to his accounts.
The lead investigator on the case, James Kariuki, told the court that the former officer would deposit the money by himself or use a small team to do the wiring.
The team included his then deputy Stephen Agogo, the County’s Security Officer Barnabas Oigo, the head of budget Nancy Waithera and Clerical officer Ambrose Mwania.
EACC mentioned to the court on Thursday that in November 21, 2013, Mr. Kiamba personally made a deposit of Ksh3 million and asked Mr. Wambua to make an additional Sh2.7 million the following day.
He then made two additional deposits on November 25 the same year, starting with Ksh2 million then following with an additional Sh1 million later that day.
The following year on September 1st, EACC stated that the officer sent Oigo to deposit sh900,000 and followed with a Sh1.4 million deposit the following day.
The next day, Oigo made a deposit sh770,000 and on September 4, he made another separate deposit of sh6 million. Mr. Kiamba himself then made another deposit of Sh7.4 million on the 16th of the following month.
According to Public Service Commission records, Mr. Kiamba had declared his 2007 income at Sh831,840 and that of 2009 at Ksh. 1 million.
The court was informed that the Finance Officer’s Assets, which he had declared to be worth Sh3.9 million, actually stood at more than Sh420 million.
Mr. Kariuki further revealed that a mortgage declaration he had made earlier in 2013 was non-existent and that the actual application was made the following year. Kariuki further revealed that the total rightful salary between August 2009 and February 2015 stood at Sh5.4 million.
EACC mentioned to the court that Kiamba had Sh1.057 billion spread across his accounts.
