The High Court has frozen the assets and bank accounts belonging to Margaret Wanja Muthui, a senior official at Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA).
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) successfully applied to have the properties frozen on grounds that they are proceeds of crime.
On Tuesday, Justice James Wakiaga issued orders freezing Sh93.4 million in three accounts linked to Wanja, the Deputy Director of Supply Chain Management at KERRA.
She is alleged to have used Esther Wagio Njunge, Lighthouse Trading Company, Grace Ndiritu, Mercy Nyambura, and Cynthia Nyambura to launder millions of shillings.
Investigations by ARA revealed that she used the funds to acquire a total of 35 apartments in Ruaka and Nairobi.
Judge Wakiaga also prohibited Wanja and her accomplices from selling, transferring, charging, or dealing in any manner with two properties in Ruaka, a house at Collingham Gardens in Nairobi and land in Riruta.
They were further barred from collecting any rental income from the property in question instead, the rent should be deposited in the ARA bank account pending hearing and determination of the forfeiture case.
Properties whose tenants are required to send rent to ARA include 11 apartments in Kileleshwa and 24 apartments at Taraji Residence apartments in Ruaka.
The court also ordered the Chief Land Registrar to register caveats against each of the apartments and properties stated in the case.
Wanja and her accomplices were directed to surrender to ARA the original land titles documents, leases, or registration documents for the contested properties within the next seven days.
ARA told the court that investigations revealed that the three bank accounts received suspicious funds through a scheme of money laundering.
Investigations established that Wanja paid Sh264,500,000 in cash for 11 apartments in Kileleshwa and were registered in her accomplices’ names to conceal ownership.
She is alleged to have bought the apartments within three months during the demonetization period in 2019 to launder the illegitimately obtained cash.
ARA said that on April 13th, 2015, Wanja transferred through RTGS suspicious funds totaling Sh39 million from her account in Cooperative Bank to Esther’s account in Equity Bank.
On July 26th, 2017, Sh49,857,670 was deposited in a fixed deposit account and accumulated interest to Sh68,600,000 which was also deposited in a fixed deposit account on April 16th, 2021 for 12 months. The Sh68.6 million whose maturity date is April 16th, 2022 is expected to earn an interest of Sh6,174,000.
Wanja is said to have paid for each of the apartments in cash but did not register any of them in her name.
ARA raised the red flag that the apartments worth Sh374.5 million and Sh94 million in bank accounts linked to Wanja are products of illicit deals, including kickbacks from road contractors.
She has enough to bribe…
She has enough to bribe investigators
Si neno! Wanja ameumia…
Si neno! Wanja ameumia kazini kama kawa….Ripa mbere ya kurra
Too much theft in Kenya!
Too much theft in Kenya!
Perfect Job! But why only…
Perfect Job! But why only Wanja? Where is Evans Kidero, Sonko, Waititu, Obado, Rotich, and many other corrupt crooks that are all over the government leadership and civil servants’ payroll?
She refused to share?
She refused to share?
Case settled.Mutanjionea…
Case settled.Mutanjionea kazi ya PENGENYE.Do you hear muuaji Raila barking Waiguru stole shs 790 NYS funds?You don’t even hear about her shs 10m allowance for ghost trip abroad.NDURUME.Kinoti and Noordin should revive/reinvestigate child theft and being in procession of stolen “property”(child) cases against mrs Saitot.
Whatever! She is one of the…
Whatever! She is one of the many thi uuuuuu – eves kenya has in high places! But its nice the assets have be frozen!
Wata Kula hadi za kizazi…
Wata Kula hadi za kizazi chao, wajukuu wao. Yaani stealing is the norm this isn’t even news.
TIP of the iceberg.
But…
TIP of the iceberg.
But start with UHURU, RUTO, RAILA and GOONS….they have literally milked Kenya dry.
No wonder Kenya loses 2 billion KSH daily.
High profile
High profile
Thank you for fighting the…
Thank you for fighting the corruption!.
CHANGAMOTO KWA VIONGOZI WA…
CHANGAMOTO KWA VIONGOZI WA MAKANISA NA MISIKITI:
Kila siku mnasema tuombe! Kwa nini ninyi hamwombi ili ufisadi umalizike katika nchi ya Kenya?
Ni Mungu gani huyo ambaye mnamwomba kila sekondi, dakika, saa, siku, wiki, mwezi, mwaka, na pia karne (100 years) na huku uhalifu, wizi, mauaji, utapeli, na ufisadi unaendelea kuongezeka kila siku nchini? Je, Mungu huyo mnayemwomba kwa nini hasikii maombi yenu? Inaonekana wazi ya kwamba, maombi yenu hayafiki mahali popote! Isitoshe, inaonekana ya kwamba, kwenda makanisani au misikitini ni kupoteza wakati!
Pengine Mungu huyo wenu mnayemwomba amechoka na watu wa Kenya na kukata tamaa (given up) na inaonekana ya kwamba, hasikii maombi yenu.
SULUHISHO (Solution):
Mahakama (judiciary) ya Kenya ianze kufanya kazi ipasavyo (as required)mara moja na kuwashika wahalifu wote wanaohujumu (sabotage) uchumi wa nchi halafu iuze mali yote waliyopata kwa njia za ajabuajabu na kuzitumia pesa watakazopata kuwasaidia maskini wengi nchini ambao hawana njia yoyote ya kuishi au kupata chakula chao cha kila siku. Namwomba Hakimu Mkuu Mpya wa mahakama ya Kenya atuokoe kutokana na wizi mwingi wa pesa za umma (public money) ambao unafanywa na Wakenya wachache ambao hawajali maisha ya mtu mwingine ila maisha yao binafsi.