Saturday, June 7, 2025 - The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered Kes 39,180,000 fraudulently paid to two officials of the National Treasury, Mr. Robert Theuri Murage and Ms. Doris Nafula Simiyu, in the form of illegal and unauthorized allowances.
In a judgment delivered on June 4, 2025, by Hon. Lady
Justice L.M. Njuguna of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division of the
High Court in Nairobi, the court found that Mr. Robert Theuri Murage and Ms.
Doris Nafula Simiyu had illegally received public funds disguised as various
allowances, including task force, extraneous, entertainment, facilitation, and
other unspecified payments.
The court ordered Mr. Robert Theuri Murage to repay Kes 20,318,000.
Of this amount, Kes 11,078,601 preserved in his Equity Bank account will be
forfeited, while the remaining Kes9,239,398.17 is to be paid in cash.
Similarly, Ms. Doris Nafula Simiyu was directed to refund
Kes18,862,000, with Kes 8,953,988.74 preserved in her National Bank account
forfeited, and the balance of Kes 9,908,011.26 to be settled in cash.
The judgment follows investigations by EACC, which began in
July 2022 after the Commission received reports of misappropriation of public
funds through irregular payments within the National Treasury.
Investigations revealed that between January 2020 and June
2022, the two officials received multiple and overlapping allowances without
proper approval from the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
Some of the allowances were based on outdated or revoked Government
circulars, while others were entirely unauthorized or duplicated.
The court reaffirmed that SRC advisories are binding under
Article 230 of the Constitution and found that the two officials had knowingly
engaged in a fraudulent scheme that resulted in their unjust enrichment at the
expense of the public.
This Judgment is a major step in EACC’s efforts to recover stolen public funds and enforce accountability in the use of public resources.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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