Seven bank accounts belonging to former Public Service Principal Secretary (PS) Lillian Omollo and three others belonging to her children were on Monday frozen in connection with the NYS scandal.
The freeze, authorised by Justice Hedwig Ong’udi, extends for the next 90 days netting more than Sh33 million in the accounts.
The other three accounts belonged to Sheela Mbogo, Stephanie Mbogo and Shalom Kamwetu.
Omollo’s seven bank accounts contained Ksh20.6 million while her children’s had a combined sum of Ksh12.5 million.
The accounts were suspected to have been safe havens for the millions allegedly stolen at the youth service whose case is ongoing and has netted 39 suspects.
According to earlier reports, the former PS is being investigated for having deposited millions into her vast accounts within months.
The Asset Recovery Agency (ARA) told the court that in April this year, a total of Ksh 20 million was questionably deposited into the three accounts of her children on the same day.
“That on or about 20th day of April 2018…the accounts received Sh20 million suspected to be proceeds of crime or money laundering from the NYS,” revealed the court documents of ARA.
The accounts will remain frozen until the end of January when some of the suspects will start attending trials over the loss of Ksh468 million at NYS. Central Bank of Kenya has revealed that banks had received Ksh3 billion NYS funds on behalf of their customers.
Eight of the suspects were yesterday turned into witnesses with the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji agreeing to their court discharge.
