Court Freezes Bank Account Of Gov’t Employee Earning Ksh.32K But Transacted Ksh.79 Million
The High Court has frozen the bank account of a public officer at the Ministry of Environment who is alleged to have fraudulently acquired public funds amounting to millions of shillings.
According to preliminary investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Samuel Njoroge Kariuki's currently has Ksh.22 million, an amount that does not match his salary and therefore the funds in the account are believed to have been obtained through corruption.
Documents filed in court indicate that Kariuki joined the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in January 2018, as a Finance Officer II in job group K earning a salary of Ksh.32,000.
Before joining the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, was working at Save the Children and earning a net salary of Ksh.27,000.
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