Kenya ACEC No. 21 of 2018 EACC ¬vs¬Thomas Gitau Njogu & 4 others
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission instituted civil proceedings against the defendants seeking forfeiture of unexplained assets in form of cash, motor vehicles and immovable properties worth to $ 1,158,615.42. The 1st defendant was a senior Assistant Accountant General at the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. He incorporated three (3) corporate vehicles, 3rd-5th defendants with his wife, 2nd defendant in order to conceal and/or launder the money that he was embezzling from the Ministry and to register the motor vehicles and immovable properties that he acquired using the proceeds.
After a full trial, the Court found that the money that was being embezzled by the 1st defendant was being successfully banked in various bank accounts on a daily basis by the 2nd defendant. The Court also found that through the 3rd-5th defendants, the 1st and 2nd defendants purchased properties worth $ 536,000 and a motor vehicle worth $ 6,240using the some of the banked money and that the sum of $ 85,730 that was found in the 1st defendants office and residence after an official search constituted unexplained assets. The court thus ordered forfeiture of a total sum of $ 1,120,000.
