Nairobi County Governor Evans Kidero has found himself at the centre of controversy after questions were raised on his Sh2.7 Billion bank accounts.
The origin of the money in the accounts which are associated with his organization, The Kidero Foundation, have raised concerns as audit reports have allegedly not been submitted for the last three years.
According to a Daily Nation report, the NGO Co-ordination Board is looking into freezing the multi-billion accounts in the next two weeks if the executive in Kidero's organization does not disclose the source of the income.
The foundation is run by Kidero's close family members and friends including his son Ronald Odhiambo (treasurer), head of the Public Service Board, Phillip Kungu Opondo, and his Chief of Staff, George Wainaina Njogu.
In March, Kenyans.co.ke reported on Kidero's bank accounts which were to be probed by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).
However, the Governor together with his wife Susan Mboya successfully obtained a court order stopping the EACC from investigating six bank accounts under their names.
EACC had made a submission to the Makadara Law Courts seeking to find out if the accounts were conduits of corruption but were halted following the court's ruling.
The accounts, which some are jointly owned by the governor and his wife, are held in different banks and reportedly stashed with various currencies.
Nonetheless, Kidero has since distanced himself from operations at the Foundation noting: "I am not a trustee of the foundation, but I am aware it does exist and what it does."
This comes at a time when Auditor General Edward Ouko highlighted that Nairobi County was unable to account for Sh20 Billion.
