This archive report was first published on 8 October 2021.
On October 8, 2021, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) obtained court orders to freeze assets worth Sh192 million belonging to a former Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) employee, Jeremiah Kamau Kinyua.
According to the EACC, Mr. Kinyua, who resigned from the KRA in March 2021, allegedly acquired the properties through corrupt means during his seven-year tenure at the tax authority.
Mr. Kinyua was employed at the KRA as a graduate trainee on January 28, 2005, and was promoted to a supervisor, domestic taxes department, where he worked until his resignation.
His net salary between 2012 and 2021 was Sh11.6 million, according to the EACC, but in just seven years, he acquired 19 parcels of land in Ruiru, Kiambu County, Laikipia, and Nairobi.
The parcels have been registered in his name, that of his spouse, and a company that belongs to them. He also acquired a motor vehicle in the name of one of the companies.
The EACC moved to court arguing that Mr. Kinyua might dispose of the properties or transfer them unless stopped by the court. It says it is planning to file a petition to recover the properties.
“Consequently, the intended civil recovery proceedings will be rendered nugatory if the assets reasonably suspected to constitute the proceeds of corruption and economic crimes are allowed to dissipate,” the EACC says.
