NYS Scam: 10 Bank Accounts Belonging to Former Youth Affairs PS Lillian Omollo and Her Children Frozen

The High Court has frozen bank accounts belonging to former Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lillian Omollo and her children.

The accounts have been frozen by Justice Hedwig Ong’udi over suspicion that they were used as conduits for millions looted from the National Youth Service (NYS).

The 10 accounts have a combined Sh33.1 million and have been frozen for 90 days under the money laundering law.

Detectives have been investigating how the former PS deposited millions of shillings in the accounts in the period when the alleged looting of funds happened at the youth agency.

“Preservation orders prohibiting the respondents or their agents from transferring, withdrawing, transacting, using and any other dealings in respect of the funds held in the following accounts,” says Justice Ong’udi.

Ms Omollo has Sh20.6 million in her seven bank accounts while Sh12.5 million is deposited in accounts registered under her three children namely; Sheela Mbogo, Stephanie Mbogo and Shalom Kamwetu.

The Asset Recovery Agency (ARA) says millions of shillings including a cash deposit of Sh20 million was made to the accounts belonging to Sheela, Stephanie and Shalom on April 20th.

The money was wired to the accounts in a period when over Sh1 billion was stolen from NYS through fictitious invoices for items supplied.

Ms Omollo is among more than 40 people who were charged with various crimes related to the theft in May.

“All the accounts held at Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) are in names of the sons and daughters of Lilian Muthoni Mbogo,” says ARA in court documents where it was pushing for a freeze in the bank accounts.

“That on or about 20th day of April 2018 … the accounts received Sh20 million suspected to be proceeds or crime or money laundering from the NYS.”