The former Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i is facing multiple challenges, including an investigation by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). The EACC has requested certified copies of his Declaration of Income, Assets, and Liabilities forms for the years 2012 to 2022, including the initial and final declarations. The commission’s chief executive, Twalib Mbarak, is said to be investigating Matiang’i and will use the data as evidence.
To spearhead the investigation, EACC officers Abdul Low and Paul Mugwe have been delegated to collect the documents from Matiang’i’s office at Harambee House. This is the latest challenge that the former CS will have to contend with since an alleged raid by the police at his home on February 8. Both the police and the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) distanced themselves from the raid.
A week later, DCI officers raided Matiang’i’s home in an operation that was supposedly meant to retrieve CCTV footage that would help prove that they did not raid the home on February 8. The DCI later issued summons to the former CS requiring him to appear at their headquarters to record a statement to aid with investigations into the alleged night raid of his residence. However, Matiang’i snubbed the summons with his lawyer Danston Omari arguing that his client was never directly served by the DCI.
Matiang’i’s wealth includes a monthly basic salary of Ksh924,000 as a cabinet secretary, excluding allowances. He also enjoys a number of allowances and state benefits that come with his office. Additionally, his other sources of income include dividends, lands and plantations, real estate property, and multimillion businesses. The former CS owns a palatial mansion in his home county of Nyamira, estimated to be worth millions, as well as a multi-million mansion in Karen where he resides with his family.
