The Supreme Court has raised the bar for state asset seizures, ruling that agencies mandated to combat graft must establish a link between property targeted for forfeiture and proceeds of crime. A five-judge bench led by Chief Justice Martha Koome unanimously dismissed appeals by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and the Assets Recovery Agency seeking
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko has scored a major legal victory after the High Court ordered the immediate release of his frozen assets worth more than Ksh.574 million. The ruling delivered by Justice Nixon Sifuna on Tuesday concluded a long-drawn legal battle between Sonko and the Asset Recovery Agency (ARA), which had accused him