The multi-agency team leading the fight against corruption has decided to seize all assets and freeze all accounts of corruption suspects as soon as they are charged in court. Suspects will be required to prove to the State how they acquired the assets before they are released to them. Those unable to account for every shilling and all assets will lose them to the State. On April 2, 2015, President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered the Attorney General Githu Muigai to amend the EACC act to provide for the DPP and EACC to seize assets of corruption suspects. At that time he said, “We are also now going to go where it hurts the most.

Source: The Star May 17, 2019 04:41 UTC