Mystery of Sh79 million in the bank account of a civil servant earning Sh32,000 per month – Kenyan Business Feed

In another potential case of corruption and money laundering, the High Court has frozen the bank account of Samuel Njoroge.

The Ministry of environment staff is said to have transacted Sh79 million which does not match his income.

This follows orders sort by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission EACC, which says Njoroge currently has 22 million shillings in his account yet has been earning ksh 32,000 since 2018

EACC says it has previously received information regarding embezzlement of funds, that Njoroge had received numerous deposits of large sums of money from the Ministry amounting to 79.7 million shillings in his Equity bank account.

The commission now wants time to conclude investigations on the why the money was channeled to his account as well as where the rest was sent.

At the same time former Kasarani MP Elizabeth Ongoro and 9 others have been charged afresh over graft allegations.

The 10 are accused of embezzling public funds amounting to 43.1 million shillings from Kasarani CDF between 1st of May 2008 and December 31st 2012.

They are facing various charges among them abuse of office, unlawful acquisition of public property, conflict of interest among others.

The case will mentioned on the 13th of May with the hearing set to commence from 27th of June.

Other cases

In 2018, it was reported that a NSSF junior staff was taking chopper rides to and from work. Fredrick Sagwe Onyancha, a receptionist had bought eight houses worth Sh160 million between 2013 and 2017.

An ex-staff of the Kenya Revenue Authority Mr Joseph Chege Gikonyo could not explain his Sh600 million networth when EACC detectives caught up with him. Mr Gikonyo was at the time earning Sh119,000 per month from KRA.

A Kenya Rural Roads Agency (KeRRA) staff, Benson Musila Muteti was caught with Sh1.1 billion in his bank accounts that did not match his salary of Sh390,000 per month.

Former Kasarani MP Elizabeth Ongoro ‘built’ a non-existent school for Sh49 million.

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