A senior government official has found himself in trouble after failing to account for millions of shillings that was found stashed in different bank accounts.
Benson Muteti Musila, a regional manager at the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) was found by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption commission (EACC) to have more than half a billion shillings stashed in 22 bank accounts.
On top of that, the official has 27 properties, shares in multiple companies and schools, which the anti-graft agency has linked to kickbacks from contractors to the State.
EACC has applied for the seizure and forfeiture of his assets, saying they are part of unexplained wealth worth Sh952.3 million.
The anti-graft agency was initially targeting more than Sh1.03 billion but Mr Musila satisfactorily explained properties with a cumulative value of Sh78.7 million.
The EACC says the bank accounts and the real estate property in Nairobi, Makueni and Kilifi counties could not have been built by his monthly salary of Sh390,000, arguing that he was a beneficiary of kickbacks from road contractors.
“The commission pursuant to Section 55(2) of ACECA has instituted a suit seeking forfeiture of the above stated assets of Sh952,363,824.99 which were acquired at a time the Respondents were reasonably suspected of corruption or economic crimes,” the petition stated.