The case of the anti-graft agency seeking recovery of more than Sh80 million from Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal will proceed for hearing on March 30.
Justice Esther Maina fixed the hearing for three days, being March 30, April 6 and 7 this year. The matter will be heard in open court after parties confirm they have submitted all their written submissions in the case.
The Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission also seeks forfeiture of land in Karen acquired with what it calls the proceeds of corrupt conduct.
It wants the assets surrendered to the state.
The governor denies wrongdoing.
Lenolkulal is accused of irregularly obtaining Sh84 million by supplying fuel to the Samburu county government through his fuel company, Oryx Service Station, between March 27, 2013, and March 25, 2019.
The governor has since been charged in court with four counts of abuse of office and conflict of interest, leading to the loss of Sh84 million public funds. He has been accused of using his company, Oryx service station, to supply petrol and diesel to the county.
The graft case is yet to be determined.
On March 21, 2019, the EACC applied to the High Court, stopping Lenolkulal from accessing his three bank accounts at the Kenya Commercial Bank.
The orders bar the governor from transferring, withdrawing or making any transactions on account numbers 1103831208, 1108168841, 1104319899 and 1234708647 held at KCB and containing a total of Sh14.6 million.
The EACC said about Sh1.6 billion county cash is feared to have been lost in inflated costs and fictitious procurement contracts between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2018.
The agency believes that part of this money could have been syphoned from public coffers and directed into individual pockets through an irregular award of contracts by Lenolkulal’s government.
(Edited by V. Graham)
