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The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has obtained orders to freeze three bank accounts belonging to Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua for one week.
The accounts were frozen to give room for investigations against MP Gachagua over graft and money laundering allegations, The Standard reported on Friday.
Gachagua is accused of conspiring with Nyeri County government officials and officers at the Irrigation docket to embezzle funds through his companies, according to lawyer Stephen Githinji.
"There are reasonable grounds to believe that the accounts are used as conduits of money laundering contrary to sections three, four, and seven and section 16 of Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act.”
"There is a real danger that the funds suspected in the listed bank accounts may be withdrawn, transferred, spent, or dissipate rendering this application and indeed recovery of the proceeds of crime nugatory," said Githinji.
The three accounts at a local bank are registered under two companies, Wamunyoro Investment and Technical Supplies and Services Limited—both owned by Gachagua.
"It is hereby ordered that warrants to restrict debits for a period of seven days on the bank is hereby issued," Milimani Court Senior Resident Magistrate Muthoni Nzibe ruled.
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That's a quotable quote, @ex-diasporan....very true. If there was will, it would be easy to target corrupt officials by eye... then go ahead and prove it. These games are sickening.
Arap Mashamba's ass lickers will find it hard going until they learn to tag behind their party leader! Gachagua thinks his peanuts can make him untouchable, think again Mr.stupid!
Corrupt politicians follow the most senior corruption wheeling and dealing politician - Ruto!!
DP Ruto is the backbone who provides avenues for guys like Gachagua to steal! The corruption network is well established and oiled!
They all go to church on Sunday to appear holy as they give the proceeds of corruption and theft to the man of cloth. That is how deep rooted the roots of corruption are.
hehehehe chunguza wote but we the kikuyus won't support bbi n will never elect raila to that top seat.Gachagua is known to b a critic to bbi n supports dp n he is not cowed by kissi ng somebody asses.Yes if he has a corruption case let him answer to it but asipelekwe mbio juu amekataa kusaport the dynasty's.
@mwakenya halisi don't say we. Talk about yourself. Who appointed you as spokesman of kikuyus?
Wakikuyu hatutaki wezi
Hawa politicians wako na mambo hata ukiona in public barking loudest
They bark loudest to hide the evil deeds of stealing our money! And thus Rigathi guy is the worst! But voters continue to allow them to steal our money by voting them in. You can always know the thieving politicians because they all hung around DP Ruto, the biggest thief in the world! Ruto has taught them well how to embezzle the people’s money!
Stupid thief!!
Selective breeding!
These are the tangatanga thieves that want to rule kenya and return us back to nyayo era
Their big king pin of corruption, DP Ruto, is a Nyayo era damu guy through YK92! That is where it all started and it will not stop any time unless he is nurtured by Uhuru by finishing him politically! Kenya can never have Ruto as the president. Unless we want everything stolen from the coffers!!!
Let’s freeze more bank accounts farting with DP Ruto, Moses Kuria, Didi Nyoro, Alice Wahome, Jane Kihara, Murkomen, Sudi, MP Ngunjiri, Gitau from Kipipili, etc!
These Tanga Tanga thieves have stolen everything in Kenya through Rotich and Thegu!
Where is the 4 billion shillings Rotich took to Ruto’s house in sacks? We need our money back right now! That is what Ruto is using to buy poisoned food to supply to Kikuyus!
Arrest Rigathi, put him in jail while investigations are being conducted. We are tired of thieves of our money and resources!
This ugly looking idiot looks like he has very small brains! Look at his nasty Sudi like dirty mouth with all kinds of unbrushed crooked dentures! What a loser!
Freeze accounts for just one week? And then what? Freeze all his accounts belonging to this fool until all the money belonging to the public is returned!
DP Ruto sponsored thieves!!! Shame on you! Get rid of these thieves of public funds! Embezzlement of people’s money will not be tolerated by the people! Go to hell Rigathi - wewe Mwizi bure kabisa! Do not call it witch hunter you Tanga Tanga thief!!
Remove that bend you are wearing in your right hand’s wrist showing a Kenyan flag! You have denigrated the values of leadership as an MP by stealing from poor Kenyans! You should not wear the flag of Kenya panaphanelia while you are a colossal thief!
Every one in Tanga Tanga is a big thief! No wonder those associated with Ruto do not mind the dirty name of kushika shika mafi!!!
Why is Rigathi wearing Ruto’s tweed jacket? Did he steal it!! Very possible as this man is a known thief!
How does feel for a man up keeping his wife and kids with stolen money! Isn’t that exactly what prostitutes do? Rigathi must be a male hooker then!!
Wacha wizi wewe kubafu; mafi ya Kuku!
Dome of the money Rigathi has stolen is in Ruto’s pockets - this I cannot emphasize it enough!
DP is the next kenyan president we the majority of kenyans especially the 99% kikuyu land r behind Ruto 2022.Ruto vs raila leaves Ruto looking like a saint.Raila stole molasses company/kazi kwa vijana billions/swearing himself which is a treason can dci arrest the idiot ndio tuache kusema tangatanga wanaonewa.If Ruto has stollen where r the courts???Yes some of this mpigs have questions but let's b fair n honest n ask?How comes it's only the mpigs who r supporting Ruto have bin targeted???Again let's b fair.The other day in my constituency Ruto gave lots of food but some stupid haters of ruto came at night started distributing poisonous food tainting Rutos name??I hate to b fooled with this corruptions stupidity.What has happened to the cases at dci.
Has anyone checked at Ichungua’s house to see what is kept there? Kimani is closely associated with Ruto and he is guilty of stealing merely by his association to the DP! Mucera na mukundu, akundukaga otaguo. Please investigate Ichungwa and you find something because there is smoke there!
These politicians are terrible! They mercilessly steal from the most poor citizens! MP Ngunjiri of Nakuru is another big thief. Let us turn all of the thieves in Sowetan get our money back!!
They keep shouting Uhuru is not doing anything about corruption while Rigathi and many others are stealing right from the local people they are tasked to serve! Do you expect Uhuru to come to your house to tell you how to make love to your wife? Big mouth hypocrite with little action in fighting corruption! I hate these stupid fools who steal from us; the poor Kenyans!
This fat cat Rigathi is stealing from people while others work hard to get ahead! Do we really to call this idiot our muheshimiwa? He should be stoned in public for stealing our money - mob justice is the only way out!! Choma Nyumba yake na kila kitu huko ndani!!
Kenyans are getting to the saturation point with these thieving politicians!
And since there are no laws in Kenya to protect us from the hungry politicians and others, it is about time to stand up and neutralize these crooks in the most crude way possible.
Just tie an old tire around a thieving politician’s neck and set it on fire. It is done in Nigeria all the time!
I assure you when two or three politicians get burned this way, stealing of our money will stop! The wheels of justice only work for the politicians and not for us common wananchi! They can’t tell us to follow the law while they continue to abuse the law and us!!
Hope wakili murkconmen will represent you in court. He has two masters degrees and the other lawyers have only bachelors.
Murkomen will represent him using his fake degrees to protect a thief of people’s money! That is how Tanga Tanga thieves roll! Murkomen is one thief among many in that front! We are still waiting to recover shs 21 billion fake dams’ money!! Murkomen is like a little uncouth kid! He is bragging about a fake law degrees like a little kindergarten boy!
The godfather of thievery is none other than Ruto. He has stolen everything on sight. He is corrupted to the core. He wants us to go back to Moi's era where practically official corruption was sanctioned. Stupid Kenyans want to put him in top office. How dumb can we be. Freeze someone's bank accounts for a week. Are we that stupid to fall for this nonsense? This is no way of fighting corruption!!!!! What a joke. This is a bad joke on us. The fleecing of Kenyans continues.
All this nonsense comes up but at the end of the day, nothing is done! The big thieves like Ruto have high profile lawyers who are paid all sorts of money to protect the thieves and don’t care about the ordinary people. If this is the way we will change Kenya, we have a long way to go folks!!! Maybe it is time to apply some physical pressure to force the change that we need! The system is hell bent in protecting those who steal from us! The lawyers are in on the game. The judges are more corrupt that the thieves! Kenyans, let us devise a way to redeem our country!
This thing eg Rigathi violated every set policy during the burial of his friend’s wife! He was talking crap about how the government is dictating terms to him! Well, Rigathi, of course the government must dictate terms of the game to you because you are a thief! I do not understand why they have not locked you up! Return all our money and we will operate by your own terms! What a foolish man you are!!!
Kicks if a dying horse!! Huyu bure kabisa!! Yeye ni Mwizi wa pesa yetu. He should resign as the MP! Worthless, useless, and greedy man!
Keep the bank accounts frozen. No new deal! He stole our money and he should return everything! Muishi wa Indo cia athiini.
This Rigathi guy looks like a thief with a very big mouth!!! He u I s talking crap so the other Tanga Tanga thieves can support him! Unfortunately, it JD too little too late buster!!
Not true until proven. Too much wish hunting going on.
The evidence of corruption is usually visible.