EACC recovers Sh207.7 million from former Trans Nzoia County accountant

EACC recovers Sh207.7 million from former Trans Nzoia County accountant - EACC headquarters at the Integrity Centre, Nairobi. (Photo: EACC)

The assets include prime properties valued at Sh150,209,000; two 5-storey apartment blocks, a 5-bedroom townhouse in Mtwapa and seven undeveloped parcels of land in Mombasa and Bungoma.

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has secured a court order forfeiting assets worth Sh207.7 million belonging to a former Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and Trans Nzoia County Government accountant over unexplained wealth.

The EACC announced this in a statement on Wednesday, identifying the assets as prime properties valued at Sh150,209,000, including two five-storey apartment blocks and a five-bedroom townhouse in Mtwapa, as well as seven undeveloped parcels of land in Mombasa and Bungoma.

This is in addition to cumulative bank and M-Pesa deposits amounting to Sh53,532,910 and two motor vehicles valued at Sh4,000,000.

The recovery stems from a judgment delivered on October 8, 2026, by the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Court, in which Judge Rose Ougo ruled that the official, Andrew Biketi Musuya, had failed to satisfactorily explain the disparity between his assets and his known legitimate sources of income.

The judgment followed investigations by the EACC, which established that between January 1, 2013, and October 31, 2018, Musuya accumulated assets valued at Sh289,932,910.

“These comprised cumulative bank and M-Pesa deposits of Sh53,532,910, landed properties valued at Sh226.8 million, and motor vehicles worth Sh9.6 million,” the commission recalled.

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Armed with the findings, the EACC instituted proceedings under Section 55 of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act (ACECA) to recover Sh284,087,664 in assets deemed disproportionate to his known legitimate sources of income and which he could not satisfactorily explain.

The court found that Musuya had failed to explain the source of Sh207,741,928 and ordered the amount forfeited to the State.

“EACC remains committed to protecting public property and ensuring that public resources are preserved for the benefit of Kenyans,” EACC Head of Communications, Stephen Karuga, said.