The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) froze the bank accounts of an civil servant attached to the National Treasury after his wealth raised eyebrows.
The commission, on Wednesday, July 20, noted that the employee, identified as Robert Theuri, had received a sum of Ksh24.8 million in a span of just two years.
That was despite his salary pegged at Ksh41,000 every month.
According to reports, Theuri's bank account experienced a heightened cash transfer activities ranging from mobile money to banker's cheques.
However, by the time the Twalib Mbarak-led agency obtained an order allowing it to freeze the account, only Ksh11 million was found.
Theuri was one of four employees whose accounts were frozen over unexplained source of wealth. The others are Faith Kiptis (Principal Finance Officer), Esther Ngeru (Deputy Internal Auditor General) and Doris Simiyu (accountant).
The Commission indicated that one of the employees who served as a Deputy Internal Auditor General had amassed Ksh53 million between January 2020 and June 2022.
The wealth was realised against a backdrop of a monthly salary of Ksh188,000.
The other two, a principal finance officer and an accountant, were nabbed with Ksh79 million and Ksh20 million each.
The accountant was serving the state under a remuneration of Ksh59,000 per month while the finance officer was drawing a salary of just Ksh71 million. The two were found with a balance of Ksh8 million and Ksh8.7 million respectively.
This comes barely a week after the High Court ordered a police commander to relinquish his assets valued at over Ksh30 million to the state pending investigation by (EACC).
Part of the properties he was ordered to forfeit include Ksh10.5 million held in four bank accounts, seven parcels of land valued at Ksh19.4 million, five vehicles and one motorcycle.
The seven parcels of land are based in Malindi, Kwale and Mananja. Justice Mwangi put to task the officer to explain how he acquired the wealth despite earning a net salary of Ksh20,000 per month.
