The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained a court order freezing Sh21.2 million accumulated in three (3) bank accounts in a period of 4 months by a junior Accountant working at the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA).
The Commission is investigating allegations that Daniel Munywoki Wambua got the amount as a result of corrupt dealings.
EACC says the suspect salary cannot enable him to acquire such an amount within that period.
"He is alleged to have engaged in embezzlement of public funds, conflict of interest, bribery and abuse of office thereby accumulating disproportionate wealth," EACC said.
The amount is to be preserved for a period of six (6) months pending investigations to avoid the same being dissipated, transferred, withdrawn, and or disposed thereby rendering the intended recovery suit nugatory.
According to EACC findings, on March 5, 2023, Daniel Munywoki Wambua opened a Bank Account held in Equity Bank Kenya Limited which has in a period of four (4) months transacted and/or received Sh21,189,125.
The Bank Account is currently holding a sum of Sh15,159,044.99 reasonably suspected to have been acquired as a result of corrupt conduct.
Wambua has deposited a total sum of Sh1,784,000.00 in a span of three (3) months, an amount way above what he earns in a year.
"Preliminary investigations also show that he operates a Bank Account Number 0120196520027 held in Equity Bank Kenya Limited, which is currently holding a sum of Kshs. 264,707.36 reasonably suspected to have been acquired as a result of corrupt conduct," EACC said.
On June 16, 2023, a sum of Sh5,000,000.00 was transferred from his Bank Account Number held in Equity Bank Kenya Limited to his third Bank Account in the same bank.
A preliminary analysis of the three (3) Bank Accounts shows huge cash deposits made into the said Accounts by Wambua and numerous third parties reasonably suspected to be his corrupt associates and /or proxies that he uses as conduits for proceeds of crime.
"There is reasonable suspicion, that the huge amounts received in several accounts of the Respondent are monies that have been acquired through abuse of office, bribes, misappropriation and/or embezzlement of public funds through his office."
