Monday September
16, 2019-Embattled
Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal is spending sleepless nights after the Ethics
and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) reportedly applied to have him
surrender four of his Karen properties to the state.
According to reports, the
anti-graft agency had written to court asking the governor to forfeit the four
unnamed properties in Karen in addition to Ksh14.6 million in his bank account.
This was after the
investigation concluded that the targeted properties had been purchased using
public funds.
The investigators are
reported to have told the court in the application that they had established
that about Ksh1.6 billion was embezzled between January 1, 2013, and December
31, 2018.
This is said to have been
orchestrated through the governor and other officials of Samburu County trading
with their companies or in collusion with other private companies to defraud
the taxpayer.
In one case, Oryx Service
Station supplied fuel to the county government between 2014 and 2019, a period
in which Lenolkulal and the company received in excess Ksh80.7 million for the
provision of petrol and diesel.
Lenolkulal is alleged to
have purchased the controversial properties in Karen on July 8, 2015, a period
that is under scrutiny by the EACC.
Also certified as urgent is
an application to have the freeze order on the governor's properties and two
other bank accounts extended.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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