A government employee attached to the Ministry of Lands is counting losses after the court ordered the seizure of his 17 luxury cars and 106 prime properties across the country.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) had filed a petition seeking to hold the property pending investigations against the official working at a government office in Thika.
On the radar of EACC sleuths was Ksh4.6 million the civil servant held in cash during a raid at one of his properties.
"Pending the conclusion of the investigations, there is an urgent need to preserve the said assets by prohibiting the transfer or disposal or any other dealing with the said properties," EACC asked the court.
In her ruling, Justice Esther Maina approved EACC's application to hold on to the property for six months.
The Commission further told the court that it sought to prevent any transactions on the parcels until the case reaches a conclusion.
The employee was accused of misusing public funds after failing to explain how he acquired the immense wealth.
The Commission filed the petition on Monday seeing to freeze the properties, accusing him of abusing his office.
In the suit, EACC argued that the amount of wealth acquired by the suspect did not align with his income leading them to believe that it had been embezzled.
Yesterday, the Commission ordered the State to halt all salary payments to civil servants with forged certificates as a crackdown on wayward government employees continues.
In a letter to the Public Service Commission, EACC directed all public institutions to verify the academic and professional certificates of public officers working within their ranks.
"To this end, the Commission advises that all accounting/authorized officers should not process benefits including; pensions or unpaid allowances and accrued leave to persons found to have used fraudulent academic qualifications to gain employment in the public service," EACC Chief Executive Officer Twalib Mbarak directed.
Earlier, a PSC report on the Authentication of Academic and Professional Certificates indicated that over 2,000 public servants held forged certificates.
