This archive report was first published on 11 July 2020.
On 23rd June, a magistrate's court allowed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to search the property owned by Primix Enterprises Limited at Upper Hill in Nairobi, where Governor Mike Sonko's private office is situated.
However, on 31st October 2019, Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku stopped the commission from further implementing an execution order they had obtained to conduct an evaluation of the property.
"The notice dated 28th January issued by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to the interested parties has suspended or stopped," ruled the magistrate.
Primix Enterprises Limited had moved to court seeking to suspend the order issued by the magistrate on 23rd June, which allowed the commission to search the property.
The company also sought an order restraining the commission and one Christine Nthiga or any person acting through them from searching, seizing, detaining, or in any way restraining the company from its property.
Through lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui, the company urged the court to suspend further implementation or execution of the said order in the interest of justice pending hearing and determination of the case.
On 28th January, the EACC had issued a notice to the interested parties suspending or stopping the execution order.
Primix Enterprises Limited director Primrose Nyamu told the court that the company entered into an agreement for sale with the registered trustees of Kenya Railways Staff Recruitment Benefits Scheme for the sale of the portion of the land measuring 0.2025 of a hectare to be exercised from LR No. 209/6507 in the proposed subdivision of Matumbato Road, Upper Hill in Nairobi.
