EACC arrests cleaner behind 7 companies paid Ksh.257M for non-existent supplies
EACC detectives arrest cleaners and government officials behind 7 companies that paid Ksh.257M for non-existent supplies
EACC detectives arrest cleaners and government officials behind 7 companies that paid Ksh.257M for non-existent supplies.
A cleaner at the State Department Department for Correctional Services is one of 13 people under investigation by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in connection with the embezzlement of Ksh. 450 million.
According to sources at the anti-graft commission, five senior Ministry of Interior officials have been arrested as investigations into the graft scheme continue.
The EACC has identified the cleaner as Eric Kipkurui Mutai, who reportedly owns seven companies that received Ksh. 250 million despite not supplying anything to the prison stations.
At the heart of the investigations is how the fraud suspects embezzled millions while purporting to have supplied various prisons across the country.
Other suspects include the Deputy Commissioner General of Prisons and other high-ranking officials.
This comes after the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission secured court orders freezing three properties and seven motor vehicles acquired through suspected proceeds of corruption in a State Department.
Mr. Eric Kipkurui Mutai, a cleaning supervisor at the State Department of Correctional & Rehabilitation Service and the main suspect in the fraud purchased the 3 parcels of land in Nyaribari Chache, Kericho and Nairobi for a total of Ksh 57 Million and seven vehicles all valued at Ksh30.6 Million.
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Mr. Mutai is one of the suspects under investigation by EACC for irregular payments of Kshs. 450 Million by the State Department to 18 companies.
He is suspected to have fraudulently obtained Kshs. 257 Million through seven companies in which he is the registered sole proprietor.
The money was allegedly embezzled through fictitious contracts for supply of food and rations which were never delivered. He is suspected to have executed the scheme in collusion with colleagues in the State Department.
The freezing orders were issued by Lady Justice Esther Maina of the High Court’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division on application by EACC. The orders will remain in force for six months to allow EACC to finalize the ongoing investigations.
The freezing orders were issued pursuant to Section 56 of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, 2003. The section provides that following an application by EACC, the High Court may grant orders prohibiting the transfer or disposal of, or other dealing with property if the Court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the property was acquired as a result of corrupt conduct.
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