Former NYS clerk loses bid to keep Sh500m assets over graft

Evans Wafula Kundu a suspect in the NYS scandal.

Former National Youth Service (NYS) clerk Evans Wafula Kundu has lost his attempt to block the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) from taking control of his assets worth over Sh500 million.

These properties were acquired during a period when a staggering Sh9 billion was lost through fraudulent contracts and illicit payments at the State agency. Between 2013 and 2017, being in charge of the mechanical and transport department at NYS, Kundu, who earned a modest monthly salary ranging from Sh9,564 to Sh26,300, deposited an eye-popping Sh197,391,968 into his bank accounts.