A former Homa Bay County Government employee has been ordered to refund Ksh708,664 after the High Court in Nairobi found that she received irregular salary payments for more than three years.

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The court ruled that the employee received the additional payments between February 2015 and May 2018, and that the money was not due to her and should be recovered by the government.

In a judgment delivered on September 18, 2026, Justice Benjamin Musyoki ruled that the amount will also attract interest at court rates from the date the recovery suit was filed until the money is paid in full.

The case arose from investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) into allegations of multiple salary payments to employees of the Homa Bay County Government.

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During its probe, the Commission found that the female employee had received additional payments through her bank account during the period under investigation.

According to the court, EACC presented bank records showing the payments made to her, alongside an email in which the former employee undertook to repay the excess amount in monthly instalments of Ksh10,000.

The court found that the email was an acknowledgement of the excess payments, noting that the circumstances did not change the fact that she had received government funds to which she was not entitled.

Consequently, the High Court declared that the additional salary payments amounting to Ksh708,664 were irregular and ought to be refunded to the government.

However, in his ruling, Justice Musyoki dismissed EACC's claim against two other former payroll officials who had been sued over the payments.

The court found that EACC had not provided sufficient evidence to prove that the two officials had authorised, facilitated or negligently caused the irregular payments.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke