The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) filed an application seeking to extend the orders freezing assets worth Ksh216 million belonging to a Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) employee.
According to EACC, the civil servant could not explain the source of the funds prompting the commission to launch investigations.
EACC's lawyer, Pius Nyoike, alleged that the funds were obtained from proceeds of corruption.
Among the assets include 18 parcels of land in Nakuru and Kiambu counties, three apartment blocks in Nakuru and Nairobi, and nine vehicles.
“Our investigations have revealed that he has unexplained wealth totalling Ksh216,374,181.
"We are at the final stage of filing an application for forfeiture of the assets and asking the court to freeze the properties so that he does not dispose of them,” Nyoike stated.
In his submissions, the employee argued that he had acquired assets worth Ksh278 million in ten years- from January 2010 to March 2021.
Nyoike, however, stated that the employee gave credible reasons for how he acquired Ksh61 million but could not account for the remaining Ksh216 million.
The commission suspected the legitimacy of the funds since the employee received a monthly salary of Ksh326,745.
"His legitimate income within the same period was Ksh40 million and when summoned to explain the disproportionate in his income and assets, he satisfactorily explained how he acquired an additional Ksh21 million leaving a balance of Ksh216 million which are proceeds of corruption," he claimed.
In March 2022, the commission obtained orders to freeze the assets of the employee and his wife.
The orders, however, lapsed after six months.
