The high court ordered that the personal bank accounts of Chief Registrar of the Judiciary, Anne Atieno Amadi be frozen.
The court also ordered that the accounts registered in the names of Amadi’s son Brian Ochieng Amadi and two others be frozen and no withdrawals made without approval.
This comes after a Dubai-based company dealing in gold sued Amadi, her son Brian and others.
Moreover, in their petition, the company Bruton Gold Trading LLC alleges that the suspects who were acting on behalf of the law firm Amadi and Associates Advocates, illegally obtained over Ksh.89 million for gold that they never supplied.
They further claim that they were interested in buying gold from Kenya and was introduced by one of the suspects, Daniel Ndegwa Kangara.
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Furthermore, the company says after they had made agreements, Kangara was to deliver gold which would then be exported to Dubai for sale. At this point, Ksh.71 million was sent to Ms. Amadi’s law firm, however, no gold was exported from Kenya to Dubai.
Bruton Gold Trading LLC further claimed that investigations by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) revealed that the Judiciary Registrar Anne Amadi is the registered proprietor of Amadi and Associates Advocates.
According to the Dubai-based company, investigations into the matter revealed that the account where the money was deposited was opened by Ms. Amadi after joining the Judiciary.
In addition, they alleged that the money received by the law firm was withdrawn in cash by the Chief Registrar’s son Brian and two others without sufficient documentation as required by the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act.
The Dubai-based company further claims that Ms. Amadi later called them to clear the sum within six months, to which they declined as there was no security performance on the part of defendants.
