NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 4 – The High Court has refused to lift an order freezing cash and assets worth over half billion shillings belonging to a senior official at a public road’s agency.
Benson Muteti Musila made an application before Justice Esther Maina that the court lifts the orders on basis that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has no evidence that he made the cash illegally through corruption and bribery.
He is accused of collecting 1 billion of unexplained wealth and property and stated that they cannot be linked to corruption.
Muteti who is the Coastal Region Manager of Kenya Rural Roads Authority was charged with a forfeiture suit on July 28,2021.
He was also accused of getting kickbacks from contractors and also awarded State tenders to a company associated with his brother.
The vast properties are managed by his spouse, Zipporah Mwongeli.
Benson Muteti Musila made an application before Justice Esther Maina that the court lifts the orders on basis that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has no evidence that he made the cash illegally through corruption and bribery.
He is accused of collecting 1 billion of unexplained wealth and property and stated that they cannot be linked to corruption.
Muteti who is the Coastal Region Manager of Kenya Rural Roads Authority was charged with a forfeiture suit on July 28,2021.
He was also accused of getting kickbacks from contractors and also awarded State tenders to a company associated with his brother.
The vast properties are managed by his spouse, Zipporah Mwongeli.
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