Treasury junior employee earns 24M in a span of 2 years raising eyebrows from EACC
Treasury junior employee earns 24M in a span of 2 years raising eyebrows from EACC (Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission).
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has frozen the bank accounts of a treasury junior employee at the Ministry of National Treasury whose wealth raised eyebrows.
On Wednesday, July 20, the commission observed that the employee, Robert Theuri, had received Ksh24.8 million over the course of barely two years.
This is despite receiving a monthly income of Ksh41,000.
Robert Theuri’s bank account reportedly saw an increase in cash transfer activity, including banker’s checks and mobile money.
Only Ksh11 million was discovered, though, by the time the anti-corruption agency had secured the order necessary to freeze the account.
Robert Theuri was one of four employees whose accounts were frozen over an unexplained source of wealth.
The others are Faith Kiptis (Principal Finance Officer), Esther Ngeru (Deputy Internal Auditor General), and Doris Simiyu (accountant).
The Commission reported that between January 2020 and June 2022, one of the employees who held the position of Deputy Internal Auditor General had amassed Ksh53 million.
The wealth was realized against a backdrop of a monthly salary of Ksh188,000.
The other two, a principal finance officer and an accountant, were nabbed with Ksh79 million and Ksh20 million each.
The accountant was serving the state under a remuneration of Ksh59,000 per month while the finance officer drew a salary of just Ksh71 million.
The two were found with a balance of Ksh8 million and Ksh8.7 million respectively.
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