Govt Confiscates Ex-Officials 4 Apartments, 5 Cars & 9 Parcels of Land

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A former government official at the Ministry of Treasury lost four apartments, multi-million shillings stashed in bank accounts, five high-end cars, a residential home, nine parcels of land and four apartments in Nairobi. The High Court ordered the government to seize Patrick Ochieno’s property.
Ochieno was a former chief accountant at the Treasury who was accused of receiving a portion of the Ksh70 billion tenders in the Anglo-Leasing scandal.
The accused worked as chief accountant at the then Ministry of Finance (now Treasury) between 2003 and 2007 before moving to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Justice Mumbi Ngugi ruled that the accused and his associates failed to convince the court to suspend the government from seizing the estate.
Among those listed as his accomplices in the case and accused of benefiting from the tenders were his firm’s associates, wife and children.
The judge also declared that the former accountant could not explain how he acquired his wealth.

have considered the averments and submissions of the applicants and I find that they have not demonstrated that they will suffer substantial losses if the orders sought are not granted.
“I am constrained to find that the assets, the subject of this, are unexplained assets” the judge ruled.
The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) argued that the property was acquired illegally and that Ochieno’s salary was not equivalent to his assets. Court papers detailed that he was on a monthly salary of Ksh54,000.
By 2008, he was alleged to have acquired properties worth over Ksh80 million reportedly registered in his kins names.
Ochieno argued that he purchased the apartments and lands between 1999 and 2000 from his salary and allowances and also purchased his house on a government scheme.
Others were acquired from proceeds of his businesses in the hospitality sector and loans from banks. This was the first seizure of property in the Anglo Leasing scandal with EACC and Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) terming it a milestone in the case.

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Na waiguru

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Remember like any court case he has a right to appeal

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You have to have grounds to Appeal. What would he claim?

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Justice Mumbi Ngugi is the best thing to have happened to Kenya since the introduction of contraceptives…
Justice Mumbi Ngugi is fighting to prevent financial corruption…
Contraceptives help in fighting “trapping” corruption.

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Mambo ya corruption njaruo anafaa awachie shiny-eye.

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Anyanganywe hadi bibi na mipango wake wote wa kando ghaseer yeye

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Atleast we’ve started somewhere

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:D:D:D:D:D:D kenyans are magicians ata na salo ya 18k pm having worked for 5 years bila per diems n sh.it bado wanaeza jenga three apartment blocks in Ruaka and another in Mtwapa all in that short span of time and vehemently defend the legitimacy of their claims in a court of law

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Imagine the Audacity.

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Ama Wapate godfathers kwanza…

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Iwe funzo kwa wengine

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A technicality

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Remember too, that the right to appeal doesn’t mean it is guaranteed the appeal will be allowed

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As told above ^^, an appeal is not guaranteed.

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I think this ruling is really bad.
The EACC hasn’t proved that the assets were acquired illegally, the court just decided that they were “unexplained”
If you have any plans of getting rich in Kenya and keeping the KRA out of your business you shouldn’t be celebrating this seizure.
At this rate I foresee guys making money here and investing in other countries = capital flight
Anyways maoni yangu

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The question I always ask: what, where and when exactly was stolen from the government

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Paper trail. Your thinking (if it even makes the cut) may be shared by the unfortunate majority, but a thief is a thief. These are the types that should be found in sacks in thickets & rivers & sheet.

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But you the law doesn’t require that.

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Tulizeni kendez. Ata ile mwisi sugu ya Sirisia bado iko Bunge legislating laws, even AFTER SENTENCING.