EACC freezes Ksh 18 million proceeds of crime held by Tracy Njoki, an officer at National Treasury

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) received information regarding allegations of embezzlement of public funds, and abuse of office by Tracy Njoki King ’ e , a Finance officer II at The National Treasury through receiving extraneous and facilitation allowances . SUMMARY OF FACTS • Tracy Njoki King’e of ID 29411872 is a female adult born in 1992. • In January 2020, Tracy Njoki King’e j oined the National Treasury as a Finance Officer II from Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives- State Department of Cooperatives where she had been previously employed since 2018. • Tracy Njoki King’e earn ed an average monthly salary of Kshs . 5 0 ,954.53 between March 2020 and May 2022 which amounted to approximately Kshs . 1,350,000. 00 during the period under investigation . • During the same period, she received a total of Kshs 37,000,000.00 as imprests , facilitation and extraneous allowance as below; i. Between February 2020 and March 2022 , Tracy Njoki King’e received Kshs . 24,119,926.00 as imprests , facilitation and extraneous allowance in her Cooperative bank account No. 01116124598700 . ii. Between February 2022 and June 2022 , Tracy Njoki King’e received Kshs 11,899,052.00 as imprests , facilitation and extraneous allowance in her I&M bank account No. 00403523442050 . • Preliminary investigation s established that out of the Kshs . 11.8 million received through her I&M bank account , a sum of Kshs 11 million was transferred to her fixed deposit accounts in the same bank while Kshs . 498,000 .00 was withdrawn in c ash leaving a balance of Kshs . 400,000.00 • Preliminary investigation s have further established that out of Kshs . 24 million received through her Cooperative Bank account, a sum of Kshs . 4.6 Million was used to Purchase Treasury Bills , while Kshs 2.7 million is the balance in the account. ACTION • T oday, the 21 st June 2022 , EACC obtained order s from the High C ourt to freeze cash in excess of Kshs 18 Million in her various accou nts in I&M and C ooperative Bank s, pending conclusion of investigations. Via EACC press release