Court Freezes Sh16.9 Million in Accounts of Suspended Nairobi Official Analoh and Wife

The High Court has frozen bank accounts belonging to a suspended  Nairobi City County official and his wife for six months after the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) recovered Sh65 million in cash during a raid on their home.

Justice Rose Ougo of the High Court Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division issued preservation orders barring Patrick Analoh Akivaga and his wife, Damaris Sindavi Kayugira, from withdrawing, transferring, disposing of, or otherwise dealing with funds held in four bank accounts pending completion of investigations.

The orders affect a total of Sh16.9 million held in the couple's accounts.

According to court documents, the funds comprise Sh10,299,939 held in a Co-operative Bank account, Sh1,561,965 in an Equity Bank account and Sh2,068,877 in a KCB Bank account registered in Analoh's name, as well as Sh3,011,253 held in a KCB account belonging to Kayugira.

Justice Ougo granted the application after considering evidence presented by EACC investigator Catherine Ngari. 

"On the basis of the facts as stated in the supporting affidavit, I am satisfied that there is a need to grant the orders sought herein," the judge ruled.

According to court filings, EACC is investigating the couple over allegations of conflict of interest, abuse of office, bribery and possession of unexplained assets.

Analoh is an employee of the Nairobi City County Government, while Kayugira previously served as a public officer with the Vihiga County Government between 2015 and 2021.

The anti-graft agency alleges that the two are spouses, business partners and directors of companies that traded with the Vihiga County Government during the period Kayugira worked there, circumstances that investigators say form the basis of the conflict-of-interest allegations under investigation. 

In her affidavit, Ngari told the court that investigators suspect the couple accumulated wealth that is not commensurate with their known sources of income.

"The Respondents have accumulated immense assets that are disproportionate to their known legitimate sources of income," Ngari stated in the affidavit.

She further alleged that the pair received substantial sums of money through cash transactions, mobile money transfers and bank deposits.

"The Respondents receive millions of shillings in cash, Mpesa and bank deposits that are reasonably suspected to have been acquired as a result of corrupt conduct," she deposed.

The application for preservation orders followed a search operation conducted by EACC officers on June 4, 2026, after obtaining court warrants.

According to the commission, investigators recovered Sh 51.3 million and 113,000 US dollars, estimated at approximately Sh14 million, from the couple's residence. 

The total amount recovered was about Sh65 million.

EACC, through its lawyer Juma Kisaka, argued that urgent intervention was necessary to preserve the funds in the bank accounts while investigations continue before a recovery suit is intiated 

In a certificate of urgency filed before the court, Kisaka said the commission feared the respondents could move or dispose of the money before investigations are concluded, thereby frustrating possible recovery proceedings. 

The preservation orders will remain in force for six months to allow EACC to complete investigations and determine whether to institute asset recovery or forfeiture proceedings.