A Mandera county employee has lost KSh 62 million to the State after failing to account for it. Source: Getty ImagesThe High Court ruled that the money held in two separate accounts at Equity Bank proceeds from crime and theft at the Mandera county government. Daily Nation reported that the two deposits were made days apart in tranches ranging from KSh 50,000 to KSh 5 million in the joint accounts with his wife, Saadia Sheikh Osman. The funds in one of the accounts holding KSh 21.4 million were not withdrawn until the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) obtained orders freezing the accounts last year. ''In this regard, the funds are liable to forfeiture to the State,” Ngugi ruled.

Source: Daily Nation July 16, 2021 16:18 UTC