The 21 million shillings that the court is holding, according to a KERRA officer whose accounts were frozen, were allegedly intended for his fiancée's dowry. He is now asking the court to release the funds.

Daniel Wambua has asked the court to release the cash from its freezing to pay dowry for his prospective marriage.

Wambua asserts that EACC misidentified his account, created mainly for dowry payments and to which his family and friends had contributed, through his attorney Danstan Omari.

Because of the respondent's erroneous inference that the dowry payment account results from corruption, he asserts that he is obligated by custom to fulfil his dowry payment commitment and has yet to do so despite the celebration.


"There is a likelihood that the Applicant's rights under Article 45, 50 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 will be limited to his grave prejudice unless this honorable court intervenes and hears the applicant on merit," he claims.

Wambua claims that there are no good reasons to believe his riches are fraudulent, and he can support how he obtained them properly.

According to court documents, the funds in the Daniel Wambua Dowry Payment Account number 0840184059257 were mainly intended to be raised from friends and well-wishers for the Dowry payment for my intended marriage to my bride of choice.

He further asserts that because of his reputation in society, he was given that sum of money as a dowry payment contribution.


Additionally, he has a Whatsapp group with contribution lists that detail how much each individual gave to the wedding attached to it.

Wambua claims that he was compelled to suspend the dowry ceremony by the court's orders without any justification, which made him look bad in front of his prospective in-laws.

By providing his most recent payslip in court, which states that he receives 170,000 shillings per month, he has also debunked the EACC's assertion that he is paid 55,000.

Last Thursday, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) received orders from the High Court to freeze more than Ksh. 21 million stored in three bank accounts owned by Wambua.

Wambua, a trainee accountant at the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), allegedly accumulated Ksh. 21,189,125 in four months.

The panel is looking into claims that Munywoki obtained his fortune through corrupt means, which it claims is well beyond his known legitimate sources of income.