The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is aiming to recover property worthSh27,573,959 belonging to a traffic officer at Malindi Police Station.
Chief Inspector Gabriel Mbiti Mulei was ordered by Justice Njoki Mwangi to hand over Sh10.5 million.
“It is my finding that Mulei did not offer any explanation as to why deposits amounting to Sh10,536,199 were made to his various bank accounts, excluding his salary account,” said the judge.
The properties are unexplained assets, according to Justice Mwangi in a forfeiture lawsuit filed in 2015 by the anti-graft agency on the grounds that the officer was suspected of corruption.
She ordered him to pay the government Sh10,536,199, the total amount of money he put in his bank accounts between June 18, 2008, and February 18, 2011.
The cash should be paid within 30 days with the land located in Malindi, Kwale Township, and Ndithini/Mananja.
According to court documents, his monthly net compensation was around Sh20,000.
The judge concluded that he had failed to demonstrate the source of the monies used to purchase the plots and automobiles.
The court determined that the Malindi traffic base commander failed to explain how he obtained the assets, which were out of proportion to his known legitimate source of income.
“The properties of the subject in this suit, as well as the deposits in his bank accounts, raise questions with respect to their sources. I am satisfied, on the evidence placed before me by EACC, that Mulei has unexplained assets,” said the judge.
As per EACC investigator Mutembei Nyagah, a search of Mulei’s house uncovered papers proving he had accounts with Barclays, Equity, and Standard Chartered banks.
According to Nyagah, the accounts could have been used as “conduits” for the acquisition and concealment of criminal funds.
Furthermore, it was stated that Mulei’s salary account at Barclays Bank Nairobi showed that he had received several millions of shillings in excess of his salary throughout his tenure as base commander.
Two plots of land and four parcels of land (Ndithini/Mananja/Block 1/278, Ndithini/Mananja/Block 1/286, Ndithini/Mananja/Block 5/30, and Ndithini/Mananja/Block 5/42) are among the assets, seven plots of land worth Sh19.4 million
Mulei must also surrender six automobiles, Toyota Corona Saloon, Nissan Minibus/ Matatu, Bajaj Motorcycle, Toyota Corona Saloon, Van, and Toyota Hilux are among them.
EACC found in their report that Mulei’s source of income totalled Sh2,382,240 throughout the course of their 32-month examination.
This was a net difference of Sh8,153,959 from the Sh10,536,199 he deposited.