The High Court has issued orders restricting an MCA and several companies from disposing of or otherwise dealing with land and six motor vehicles that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) alleges may be proceeds of corruption and conflict of interest.
Justice Joseph Kipkoech Biomdo issued the orders after considering an application filed by the anti-corruption agency on August 28, 2026, seeking to preserve the assets pending the hearing and determination of the case.
The court certified the application as urgent and temporarily restrained the MCA and two of the companies named in the suit from, in any way dealing with the six motor vehicles.
"THAT pending hearing and determination of this application inter-parties, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Defendants/Respondents by themselves, their agents, servants and/or employee or any other person whosoever be and are hereby restrained from alienating, wasting, transferring, disposing or in any way dealing with Motor Vehicles," he ruled.
A separate order barred another company named as a defendant from dealing with a disputed parcel of land.
The restrictions will remain in place pending the inter partes hearing of EACC’s application, where the defendants will have an opportunity to respond to the allegations.
According to EACC, its investigations followed allegations of conflict of interest involving the MCA over the award of tenders by a county government to companies allegedly associated with him.
The commission said the investigations covered contracts awarded during the 2017/2018 to 2023/2024 financial years.
EACC told the court that its investigations established that 20 contracts for road works and maintenance services were awarded to five companies named as the second to sixth defendants in the suit.
The contracts, according to the commission, resulted in payments totalling Sh111,577,188.75 to the five companies.
EACC further alleged that part of the funds received through the contracts was subsequently used to acquire the land and motor vehicles that are the subject of the recovery proceedings.
The commission is seeking to recover the assets, arguing that they constitute proceeds of corruption and conflict of interest.
"There is real and imminent danger that the Defendants/Respondents or their agents shall seek to dispose of, transfer, charge, or interfere with the said suit properties in order to frustrate and defeat any decree that may be passed against them," court documents state.
The commission argued that such action could frustrate the recovery proceedings and render any eventual decree ineffective.
The court directed EACC to serve the pleadings together with the orders on the defendants by the close of business on September 2, 2026.
The defendants have been given seven days from the date of service to file and serve their responses to the Notice of Motion application.
Both sides are also required to file and serve written submissions by September 11, 2026.
The court has scheduled the hearing of EACC’s application for September 14, 2026.
