EACC freezes Ksh.18M cash belonging to 30-year-old Gov't employee earning Ksh.50K salary

According to the anti-corruption commission, 30-year-old Tracy Njoki King’e, a Finance officer II at the National Treasury, received a total of Ksh.37 million in her bank accounts between March 2020 and May 2022 despite her monthly salary being Ksh.50,954.53  

The Ksh.37 million, according to EACC, was wired to Njoki’s Co-operative and I & M bank accounts as imprests, facilitation and extraneous allowance.

Between February 2020 and March 2022, Njoki received Ksh.24,119,926.00 in her Co-op bank account while between February 2022 and June 2022 she received a further Ksh.11,899,052.00 into her I&M account.

“Preliminary investigations established that out of the Ksh.11.8 million received through her I&M bank account, a sum of Ksh.11 million was transferred to her fixed deposit accounts in the same bank while Ksh.498,000.00 was withdrawn in cash leaving a balance of Ksh.400,000.00,” said EACC in a statement on Tuesday.

EACC further established that out of Ksh.24 million received through her Cooperative Bank account, a sum of Ksh.4.6 million was used to Purchase Treasury Bills, while Kshs 2.7 million is the balance in the account.

The funds have been frozen pending conclusion of investigations into the matter.