EACC obtains orders to preserve assets in Sh245m suit against lands officer
The Kenyan Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has secured court orders to freeze assets belonging to a lands procurement officer and several associates. The move is part of a civil recovery suit seeking to reclaim over Sh244 million linked to alleged irregular tender awards.
Why it matters
This case highlights ongoing efforts to combat systemic corruption within Kenyan public procurement processes.
EACC/file The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained interim court orders preserving properties, a motor vehicle and funds in bank accounts in a civil recovery case involving a Lands procurement officer and seven other defendants.
The orders were issued by the High Court in Nairobi’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division at Milimani in a case in which the commission is seeking to recover Sh244,972,109.25.
The orders, dated October 13, 2026, were issued by Justice Joseph Kipkoech Biomdo following an application by the EACC to safeguard the assets pending the hearing and determination of its application.
"THAT pending inter parties hearing and determination of this application, the Defendants/Respondents by themselves, their agents, servants and/or employees or any other person whosoever be and are hereby restrained from withdrawing, transferring, disposing of, wasting or in any other way dealing with the funds in the two bank accounts," the judge ordered.
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