Tracy Njoki is accused of embezzlement of public funds and abuse of office for receiving extraneous and facilitation allowances, according to the anti-graft agency.
EACC obtained a court order freezing the funds in her various accounts at I&M and Cooperative Banks pending the outcome of the investigation.
According to EACC investigations, Njoki received a total of Sh37 million in imprests, facilitation, and extraneous allowance between February 2020 and May 2022.
Further investigation revealed that she received Sh24,119,926 in allowance in her Cooperative bank account between February 2020 and March 2022.
“The Respondent receives her salary from Co-operative Bank (K) Limited, A/c No. 01116124598700. Aside from the salary, the Respondent received numerous large sums of money totaling Sh24,119,926 between February 2020 and March 2022, according to an EACC affidavit.
Njoki earned an average monthly salary of Sh50,954.53 between March 2020 and May 2022, totaling approximately Sh1.4 million during the investigation period, according to the body.
“It was established that the Respondent’s employer, the National Treasury and Planning, is the source of the sum of Sh36,018,978/- disguised as extraneous and facilitation allowances.”
Njoki has worked at the Treasury since January 2020, after spending the previous year at the Ministry of Trade’s State Department of Cooperatives.