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Former PS Lilian Omollo to lose Sh33m ‘proceeds of corruption’
Former Youth and Gender Principal Secretary Lilian Omollo at the Milimani Law Courts on January 7, 2019 over a Sh468 million National Youth Service fraud case. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Justice Mumbi Ngugi ruled that the former PS, a suspect in the National Youth Service (NYS) fraud cases, failed to explain the source of the funds believed to be proceeds of crime.
- Ms Omollo had put up a spirited fight to save the money in the accounts which were frozen following an application by the Assets Recovery Agency.
- She said part of the money was proceeds from her farm in Rarieda, Siaya County, and her husband’s pay from a consultancy firm in South Sudan.
The High Court on Wednesday ordered forfeiture to the State of about Sh33 million in the bank accounts of former Youth and Gender Principal Secretary Lilian Omollo be forfeited to the government.
Justice Mumbi Ngugi ruled that the former PS, a suspect in the National Youth Service (NYS) fraud cases, failed to explain the source of the funds believed to be proceeds of crime.
