NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 4 – The High Court has refused to lift an order freezing cash and assets worth over half billion shillings belonging to a senior official at a public road’s agency.<\/p>\n
Benson Muteti Musila made an application before Justice Esther Maina that the court lifts the orders on basis that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has no evidence that he made the cash illegally through corruption and bribery.<\/p>\n
He is accused of collecting 1 billion of unexplained wealth and property and stated that they cannot be linked to corruption.<\/p>\n
Muteti who is the Coastal Region Manager of Kenya Rural Roads Authority was charged with a forfeiture suit on July 28,2021.<\/p>\n
He was also accused of getting kickbacks from contractors and also awarded State tenders to a company associated with his brother.<\/p>\n
The vast properties are managed by his spouse, Zipporah Mwongeli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 4 – The High Court has refused to lift an order freezing cash and assets worth over half billion shillings belonging to a senior official at a public road’s agency. Benson Muteti Musila made an application before Justice Esther Maina that the court lifts the orders on basis that the Ethics and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12536,"featured_media":514451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,26],"tags":[1981,6770,6769],"coauthors":[270],"class_list":["post-661115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kenya","category-top-stories","tag-featured","tag-freeze-order","tag-roads-official"],"yoast_head":"\n