Prison Headquarters Cleaner In Hot Soup Over Millions In His Bank Account

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 19- A cleaner at the Kenya Prisons Headquarters in Nairobi is in trouble, over millions of shillings in his bank account.

This was after the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) sought court orders to freeze some Sh257 million found in his bank account.

The anti-graft body also obtained orders to preserve cars worth Sh32 million and a house valued at Sh17.5 million.

All the property is owned by the cleaner, who according to court documents seen by Shahidi News is called Eric Kipkurui.

The preservation orders were issued by Justice Esther Maina of the EACC’S anti-corruption division of the High Court on Tuesday.

EACC had filed an application seeking to have the properties preserved on grounds that they must have been acquired illegally as proceeds of corruption.

“The preliminary investigation has also established that he is a sole proprietor of seven business names registered between 2012 and 2016,” EACC said in court papers.

It is through the said business names, the EACC argued, that Kipkurui fraudulently amassed his wealth.