The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has been granted permission by the court to freeze money belonging to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) CEO Dr. Evanson Njoroge Kamuri, who is implicated in a Ksh.634.5 graft case.
EACC received court orders to freeze Ksh.28 million held in two Housing Finance (HF) accounts that the KNH CEO is accused of corruptly obtaining from the hospital.
In an affidavit submitted in the Milimani Law Courts, EACC requested to review and receive copies of numerous documents related to the accounts.
These include account starting documents, statements, checks, deposit slips, bankers' books, payment vouchers, and other relevant information after January 1, 2019.
"The petitioner (EACC) is asking the esteemed court to issue an order compelling the CEO of Housing Finance to appoint an authorized representative who will be responsible for providing a certificate confirming the production of electronic evidence, as required by Section 106B(4) of the Evidence Act," court document read in part.
"The evidence in question consists of certified copies generated electronically or from electronic devices. This certificate of production is to be provided to the petitioner's investigator, Paul Mugwe, or any other investigator duly appointed by the petitioner. The petitioner stresses that this evidence must be provided in compliance with the court's orders."
The EACC had asked the court to freeze Ksh.10 million in one account and Ksh.18 million in another, both under Housing Finance, for 21 days while further investigations were done.
The court concluded that preliminary EACC investigations found Kamuri guilty of abuse of office, conflict of interest, and procurement violations while serving as CEO of KNH.
The offenses stemmed from Biomax Africa Ltd being awarded a tender for the supply, delivery, installation, testing, and commissioning of a medical oxygen-generating plant at KNH and another tender for the supply, delivery, installation, testing, commissioning, and support of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System and its supporting hardware and software components.
