The majority are elite politicians and employees of various Kenyan embassies. According to EACC, the accounts are checked yearly to make sure the owners are using them for authorized purposes.
EACC declares that on January 31 of every year, account holders are obliged to disclose banking information for review.
According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, 1,056 public officials are running bank accounts outside of Kenya.
According to the EACC statement, so far, they have approved 1,056 bank accounts from different persons to operate overseas bank accounts.
“Under the law, public officials operating bank accounts outside Kenya are required to submit annual bank statements to the commission for review,” EACC confirms.
Kenyans with unauthorized bank accounts outside of Kenya received a warning that EACC would take legal action against the. There were 191 Foreign Ministry employees in 2020 who did not follow the regulations as required.
“An audit of bank accounts held by public officers outside Kenya has established that 191 officers serving under your ministry, currently in active foreign service, are illegally operating bank accounts outside Kenya, having not declared their operation to the commission,” EACC’s Twalib Mbarak revealed in September 2020.
EACC said in the middle of last year that 560 government workers had received permission to operate foreign bank accounts.
One of the main justifications provided by non-diplomatic public officials for opening foreign bank accounts is the payment of school fees.
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