Taxpayers have little to celebrate on the seizure of former Youth and Gender Principal Secretary Lilian Omollo’s assets that were linked to corruption and money laundering. It is not enough to seize assets from suspects if the forfeited property is not used on expenditure that directly benefit taxpayers.
Justice Mumbi Ngugi ruled on Wednesday that the former PS had failed to explain the source of the funds, hence it could only be deduced that they were proceeds of corruption. The Sh34 million held in her bank accounts will now be transferred to the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA), which has recently recovered billions of shillings, largely in cash and land, from proceeds of corruption and money laundering.
