Court declines to lift freeze on Embu MCA's vehicles, land in Sh111.5m graft case
A Kenyan High Court has refused to lift a freeze on assets belonging to Embu MCA Peter Muriithi Nyaga, who is involved in a Sh111.5 million corruption case. The court has imposed strict monitoring conditions, including GPS tracking on his vehicles, to ensure the assets remain preserved during the investigation.
Why it matters
This case demonstrates the use of judicial asset preservation orders as a tool to combat public sector corruption and prevent the dissipation of potentially illicitly acquired wealth.
Embu MCA Peter Muriithi Nyaga has suffered a major blow after the High Court declined to lift orders freezing his six vehicles and a parcel of land linked to a Sh111.5 million corruption case. Justice Joseph Kipkoech Biomdo ruled that the assets must remain preserved pending determination of a recovery suit filed by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), although he allowed their restricted use under strict supervision. The judge directed Nyaga and other defendants not to sell, transfer, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of the properties, warning that any breach of the conditions would attract immediate grounding of the vehicles. In his ruling, Justice Biomdo ordered the defendants to install functional GPS tracking devices on all six vehicles at their own cost and provide EACC with real-time tracking access to monitor their location and deployment.
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