Court Freezes Sh952 Million Unexplained Wealth Linked to Government Roads Engineer
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained orders freezing Sh952 million assets linked to a parastatal manager.
EACC is seeking to seize the assets from the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) Coast Regional Manager engineer Benson Muteti Masila.
Muteti is accused of amassing wealth amounting to Sh952,363,824 through receiving bribes from contractors awarded road tenders in Kilifi, Mombasa, and Makueni counties, among other unexplained sources.
The properties allegedly acquired between February 2009 and December 2018 include bank and MPesa deposits, apartments, motor vehicles, insurance policies and listed shares.
“Cumulatively the above unexplained wealth comprises bank and M-Pesa deposits amounting to Ksh.567,626,872.55, landed properties valued at Ksh.347,040,000.00 motor vehicles valued at Ksh.5,350,000.00, listed shares valued at Ksh.2,240,000.00 and insurance policies with a maturity value of Ksh.30,106,952.44,” EACC says in court documents.
The official is also alleged to have used his wife Zipporah Mwongeli Muteti and his associate companies namely Mumbe Junior Academy Limited, Mumbe Boys High School, Mumbe Girls High School, and Mumbe Hardware & Supplies Limited as conduits to launder money.
Investigations by EACC revealed that Muteti used his position to confer benefits upon himself through awarding contracts to Skai Kenya Limited, a company directly linked to him through his brother.
Some of the prime properties the anti-graft agency is seeking to seize from Muteti include apartments in Nairobi’s Mathare North area, Dandora and Kariobangi South, Mumbe School located in Makindu, and as several parcels of land in Makueni.
On July 30th, EACC obtained court orders barring any dealings in the said properties until its application is heard and determined.
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Take it all Back! We are…
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Take it all Back! We are tired of corrupt thieves. This man is amassing stolen funds at a times Kenyans are sleeping hungry! Take every penny of it back and put him in jail!
Shithole country full of…
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Shithole country full of corruption. Corrupt government employees are everywhere you look. How come there are no checks on all these dealings and contracts. There ought to be an independent entity scrutinizing all government contracts. One single person is able to manipulate all these contracts to siphon millions into his own bank accounts. Shithole country. This corrupt guy has nothing to fear. The judges are corruptible. Muteti will delay this case for the nest ten years. What a country????????????
@ Mwananchi,corruption is in…
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In reply to Shithole country full of… by Mwananchi (not verified)
@ Mwananchi,corruption is in very country,but in Kenya ,as Obama said, it has reached a crisis level.One major difference between corruption in Kenya and many other countries is that the characters,and players in Kenya are blatant,and flagrant without a care,or respect for public funds. Secondly, Kenyans seem to glorify these thieves.In fact some admire them. Some how their criminal activities are trivialized,and often go unpunished.If judges are corruptible obviously there will not be justice for all under the law. We cannot let this vise continue.
…P R I S O N - Otherwise…
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…P R I S O N - Otherwise justice delayed Justice denied
I wish SA colonized/annexed…
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I wish SA colonized/annexed Kenya or Ramaposha is given five years to clean/rule Kenya.Why can’t EACC start with jambazi Uhuru’s 200b EUROBOND?Why can’t the agency start with the recently looted shs 217b COVIDGATE cash or shs 385b(2b.daily) looted from Jan 2021 as confirmed by jambazi Uhuru two months ago?Why can’t the useless agency freeze and seize all property owned by jambazi Wanjigi & Co including miitu Uhuru,Ruto,Raila etc,which was earned through illegal 15% brokerage on every procurement by GK?
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