The High Court has ordered the freezing of personal bank accounts linked to Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi Atieno, her son Brian Ochieng Amadi as well as two other suspects.

The order by the Nairobi court was issued after a company dealing in gold and is based in Dubai sued Anne together with her son Brian and the other two.

Bruton Gold Trading LLC claims the four suspects unlawfully obtained more than Sh89 million for a gold consignment that they never delivered to the Dubai-based company.

The firm alleges to have been introduced to the law firm by one of the suspects, a Mr Daniel Ndegwa Kangara, after it expressed interest in purchasing and exporting gold from Kenya.

According to the company, no gold was ever delivered to them for onward sale in Dubai despite them wiring a whopping Sh71 million to Anne Amadi’s law firm.

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Bruton claims a probe by the DCI showed Amadi owned Amadi and Associates Advocates and that she opened an account where the cash was deposited after she joined the Judiciary.


In their suit, they further allege the said cash was withdrawn by her son and two others minus proper documents as outlined in the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act.

Efforts by the Judiciary Chief Registrar to undertake to refund the hefty cash within six months proved futile as the compoany rejected it, according to the papers filed in court.