The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has secured a court order for the forfeiture of assets worth Sh207.7million linked to a former government accountant who failed to explain how he acquired the wealth.
In a judgment delivered on October 8, 2026, Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Court judge Rose Ougo ruled that Andrew Biketi Musuya had failed to satisfactorily explain the difference between his assets and his known legitimate sources of income.
Musuya previously worked as an accountant at the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the Trans Nzoia County Government.
The forfeited assets include properties in Mombasa and Bungoma valued at Sh150.2m, bank and mobile money deposits totalling Sh53.5m, and two motor vehicles worth Sh4m.
The properties comprise two five-storey apartment blocks and a five-bedroom townhouse in Mtwapa, Mombasa County, as well as seven undeveloped plots of land in Mombasa and Bungoma.
The EACC said its investigations established that Musuya accumulated assets worth Sh289.9m between 1 January 2013 and October 31, 2018.
The assets included bank and M-Pesa deposits of Sh53.5million, land valued at Sh226.8million and motor vehicles worth Sh9.6million.
The commission subsequently filed proceedings under Section 55 of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, seeking to recover Sh284.1m in assets it considered disproportionate to Musuya’s known legitimate income.
The court found that he had failed to account for Sh207.7m and ordered the amount to be forfeited to the government.
The EACC said it remained committed to protecting public property and ensuring public resources were preserved for the benefit of Kenyans.
The forfeiture forms part of the commission’s efforts to recover assets suspected to have been acquired through unexplained wealth.
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