Kiambu Governor Paul Kimani Wamatangi is set to be back before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, when a ruling is scheduled in the Sh813 million civil recovery suit filed against him and others by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).
The matter is listed under the EACC's "In Court This Week" schedule for September 28 to October 2, 2026, as a ruling in the suit titled Paul Kimani Wamatangi and Others, described by the Commission as a suit for the recovery of Sh813 million being proceeds of corruption.
Earlier stages of the case involved an EACC application for injunctive orders freezing the disputed assets, and a separate application by the first defendant seeking to have the suit struck out, so either could be the subject of the ruling.
What the EACC Wants ¶
The EACC filed the suit in the High Court on October 31, 2025, naming Wamatangi and 13 others, including members of his family and several companies. The Commission says that between the 2018/2019 and 2021/2022 financial years, while Wamatangi chaired the Senate Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing, he abused his office and used his position to influence the award of road construction and maintenance tenders to companies linked to him.
According to the EACC, the tenders were awarded by three state agencies: the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). The Commission says investigations found that the governor was the beneficial owner of the firms that received irregular payments totalling Sh813,145,532.40, and that he concealed that ownership by moving directorships to close relatives and associates while remaining a signatory to the companies' bank accounts. It further says the payments were obtained through forged bid documents, false declarations of capacity and misrepresentation.
The EACC named five companies as recipients of the money: Quick Fix Auto Garage Limited, King Realtors Company Limited, King Group Company Limited, King Construction Company Limited and Lub Plus Oil and Energy Company Limited. Court filings cited in media reports put the largest payments at Sh420.8 million to King Construction and Sh246.5 million to Lub Plus Oil and Energy, both from KeNHA, with the balance made up of smaller payments from KeRRA and KURA.
In the suit, the Commission is asking the court to order repayment of the Sh813.1 million to the government, together with interest and general damages for breach of public trust, and to preserve and eventually forfeit funds held in accounts linked to the implicated companies.
How the case has moved so far ¶
The suit has spent much of the past year on the question of whether the disputed money should stay frozen while the case is heard.
In July 2025, before filing the main suit, the EACC obtained six-month preservation orders over the accounts. After those lapsed, it went back to court, and on January 15, 2026, Justice Benjamin Musyoki granted an interim injunction barring Wamatangi, his family, the companies and anyone acting on their behalf from withdrawing, transferring or otherwise dealing with funds in five Family Bank accounts.
On February 4, 2026, Justice Hedwig Okwany, sitting in place of Justice Musyoki, who was bereaved and not sitting, extended those freezing orders to March 17, 2026. She also directed the parties to exchange written submissions on the injunction application, giving each side 14 days, and allowed responses to the first defendant's application to strike out the suit.
The governor's response ¶
Wamatangi has denied wrongdoing and has publicly pushed back on the EACC's actions. He has described an EACC raid on his property as politically motivated, alleging that a senior officer vowed to "make him dirty."
His lawyers signalled early in the case that they would oppose the Commission's application for orders freezing the assets. Nothing in the EACC's case has been proved in court, and this is a civil recovery case rather than a criminal prosecution, so the ruling will not decide guilt or innocence in the criminal sense.
Why Wednesday matters ¶
The EACC has described the suit as one of the largest asset recovery cases it has filed against a sitting county governor.
A ruling could shape how the case proceeds, whether that means keeping the disputed accounts frozen until trial or, if the strike-out application is the one being decided, determining whether the suit continues at all.
Either way, the outcome will matter to Kiambu residents watching a sitting governor face one of the biggest graft claims in the country.
The ruling is one of six matters the EACC has flagged for the week. Others include a judgment on Wednesday in the Homa Bay County Assembly Sh85.2 million case, and rulings on Friday, October 2, in cases involving David Isika Kinyae, Ezekiel Mutua and Sarah Muthoni Muraa.