In courts today: Court to give fresh directions in Amadi's Sh130m gold case

Wheels of Justice: Court cases lined up for the day

In Summary

•Amadi had on Tuesday delinked herself from the law firm of Amadi and Associates Advocates.

•She said she had taken leave from its activities since 2014 when she was appointed Judiciary Chief Registrar.

The High Court will today issue new directions in a Sh130 million gold case against Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi.

That is after Justice David Majanja on Tuesday disqualified himself from the case saying there may be issues of partiality since he is a member of the Judicial Service Commission where Amadi sits as the secretary.

Amadi had on Tuesday delinked herself from the law firm of Amadi and Associates Advocates, saying she had taken leave from its activities since 2014 when she was appointed Judiciary Chief Registrar.

In her affidavits, Amadi told the court she was not aware of the alleged fraudulent transactions between her son's firm and a Dubai-based company after she ceased practising as an advocate.

She thus argued she had been condemned unheard and the orders freezing her accounts should be set aside.

"It has not been shown that the sums alleged to have been fraudulently acquired were transferred, located or domiciled in my personal bank accounts for the order to be issued in favour of Bruton Gold Trading LLC," Amadi said.

Majanja, however, said since he had already recused himself from the matter and it would not be appropriate for him to discharge the orders he issued on May 18.

He said he gave the order after being convinced that Amadi was said to be practicing as an advocate, yet he was aware that she was not practicing.

Majanja subsequently referred all applications relating to the case before the Presiding Judge Alfred Mabeya for directions today.

Meanwhile, Gender and Public Service CS Aisha Jumwa will today be filling an application to be enjoined in a suit challenging the nomination of DPP Noordin Haji as the next director of the National Intelligence Service.

Through lawyer Danstan Omari, Jumwa says the petitioner has adversely mentioned her name in the suit hence the need to defend herself.

Elsewhere, former rugby player Alex Olaba will today be sentenced after being found guilty of threatening to kill a witness in a case where he was charged with rape.

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