Kenyan Court Blocks Sale of MCA's Land and Cars in Graft Case
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A court in Kenya has stopped a politician from selling his land and cars. The politician is a MCA from Embu. MCA means a member of the county assembly.
The EACC asked the court for this order. EACC is a Kenyan office that fights corruption. The full name is the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
The EACC says the MCA has assets worth Sh111.5 million. Assets are things a person owns, like money, land, or cars.
These assets include land and six cars. The EACC thinks the money came from graft. Graft means stealing money from the government.
The MCA asked the court to lift the order. To lift an order means to remove it. He wanted to sell his things.
The court said no. It kept the freeze on his assets. A freeze stops someone from selling or using something.
This is called a preservation order. It keeps the assets safe until the case is finished.
The case is still going on. The court will decide later if the MCA did something wrong.
Vocabulary7 words
- MCA
- a local politician in Kenya; important
- EACC
- a Kenyan office that stops corruption; big
- assets
- things a person owns; like money or cars
- graft
- stealing money unfairly; bad
- lift
- to remove or stop a rule
- freeze
- to stop something from being used or sold
- preservation order
- a rule that keeps something safe
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1. Selling his land and cars 2. The EACC 3. False
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A court in Kenya has stopped a politician from selling his land and _____. The politician is a MCA from _____.
The _____ asked the court for this order. EACC is a Kenyan office that fights _____.
The EACC says the MCA has assets worth Sh111.5 _____.
These assets include land and six _____. The EACC thinks the money came from _____.
The MCA asked the court to _____ the order. He wanted to sell his things.
The court said no. It kept the _____ on his assets.
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