The orders were issued pending the hearing and determination of forfeiture proceedings filed by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).
Lady Justice Lucy Njuguna of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division certified the matter as urgent and allowed EACC’s application to preserve the contested assets during the current court recess.
"A temporary injunction is hereby issued in terms of Prayers (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) of the Notice of Motion to last until the 11/09/2025," the judge ruled.
According to the filings, the frozen assets comprise landed properties valued at approximately Sh130 million, treasury bonds worth Sh55 million, and more than Sh44.5 million held in multiple bank accounts.
The assets are suspected to be proceeds of corruption, with the EACC arguing that they were acquired through unexplained wealth.
In her ruling dated September 29, Justice Njuguna granted a temporary injunction barring any dealings with the properties, financial instruments, or bank accounts until September 11, 2025, when the matter was scheduled for mention before the recess duty judge for further directions.
She further directed that the former CEO be served with the application within three days.
“Any disobedience or non-observance of the order of the court served herewith will result in penal consequences,” the judge warned in the penal notice accompanying the order.
The EACC had moved to court in an application under a certificate of urgency, seeking preservation of the assets as investigations into allegations of graft and financial impropriety at the national referral hospital continue.
"That pending the hearing of this application inter partes, this Honourable court be pleased to issue an order of injunction restraining the respondent, his agents, servants and/or any other persons from selling, transferring, charging or further charging, leasing, developing, subdividing, disposing, wasting or in any other way (however described) alienating the properties," court documents state.
It also sought an order of injunction restraining him from dealing with the funds held in several bank accounts pending the hearing of the application.
The matter will be mentioned again on September 11, 2025, when the court is expected to issue further directions.
