Former Nairobi County Finance Chief, Jimmy Kiamba, was tongue-tied after evidence he presented in court to defend his inexplicable wealth, on Wednesday, was discredited.
The former county minister had declared that he got Ksh21,971,810 from his cattle business, Ksh17,094,610 as wheat revenue, as well as Ksh12,478,430 from the sale of maize.
He added Ksh228,103 was money earned from his investment in the transport and quarry venture, Ksh35 million landed property and Ksh 300,000 from Kwanga Mboya Advocates all totalling to Ksh317,648,604.
However, Anti-corruption Judge, Hedwig Ong’undi, combed through the evidence and found gaping holes.
Kiamba had stated in court that he conducted his farming enterprise on a 100-acre piece of land which he leased from Kitilal Ole Ntuu in Narok at the cost of Ksh 500,000 per year.
He then presented several lease agreements as evidence of his establishment, The Standard reported.
The hawk-eyed judge was not to be fooled though, she pointed out that the lease agreement was executed on July 27, 2012, for a period of 15 years with effect from August 1, 2012.
This was in direct contradiction to financial documents produced by Kiamba, which showed he started earning the aforementioned revenue from cattle and wheat in 2010.
“That in my view is incredible because by that time, the piece of land in Narok had not been leased and he did not tell the court that he had an alternative piece of land from where he carried out cattle and wheat business. There is no evidence of the particular sales,” the Judge narrated.
As for his quarry and transport business, Kiamba's earlier claims to have operated under the name, Puff Agencies, was also scrutinized and found to be yet another fraudulent claim.
He was unable to provide a single link tying him to Puff Agencies, a fact which was not lost on judge Ong'undi.
“I do not see why he could go to great lengths to attach all those receipts from Puffs Agencies and omitted a simple business name certificate," the judge posed.
In her ruling, the former Nairobi county finance chief was ordered to pay the government Ksh317 million for the unexplained assets.
