This archive report was first published on 6 November 2019.
Published on November 6, 2019, a former Trans Nzoia County principal finance officer, Andrew Musuya, is facing a corruption probe after it emerged that he has amassed a Sh300 million wealth over the last 5 years with a Sh100,000 salary.
According to court documents filed by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Musuya's cumulative salary cannot justify the total value of his assets estimated to be worth Sh284 million. The assets include land worth Sh226 million, cash deposits totalling Sh45 million, M-Pesa transactions worth Sh8 million, and vehicles worth Sh9.7 million.
Justice John Onyiego ordered for immediate surrender of the vehicles and barred the selling of any of the lands listed in the case. The court also issued an injunction stopping Musuya from withdrawing, transferring, wasting or in any way dealing with the funds at his two accounts at Equity Bank and two others at Co-operative Bank.
The EACC argues that Musuya exploited his official position to engage in corrupt conduct and acquired unexplained wealth that was not commensurate with his known legitimate sources of income between January 2013 and October 2018. The commission is seeking to recover the money through an application which details how he devised ways to get money from the county.
Musuya claims his wealth is due to his sweat, stating that he has made his millions through other businesses including a night club in Kapenguria town where he made Sh200,000 per week, loans, earnings from maize farming, consultancy work, and his petroleum dealership. His wife, Salome Waleghwa, also claims her Sh40,000 a month she contributed to the empire through salary, boda boda business, and sale of beans should be counted.
