A commercial court will today determine if it will set aside orders freezing the personal bank accounts of chief registrar Anne Amadi who is embroiled in a Sh130 million gold scandal.
On Monday when the case came up for hearing, gold trader Demetrios Bradshow urged Justice Alfred Mabeya to dismiss the application filed by Amadi, saying she is still the registered proprietor of Amadi and Associates Advocates which is at the centre of the scandal.
Through Murage Juma and Company Advocates, Bradshow told the court that any action in recovery of the money has to be taken against the registered proprietor of the said law firm, which does not have a separate legal personality from Amadi.
Bradshaw, the director of Bruton Gold Trading LLC, obtained orders freezing the law firm’s bank accounts and those of Amadi two weeks ago.
The money in question was meant for the purchase of 1,500kg of gold bars but the consignment never arrived in Dubai.
Also frozen were accounts belonging to her son Brian Ochieng, Advocate Andrew Kiarie and Kikanae Topoti, who are advocates in the law firm.
The court further froze the accounts of one David Kangara, the gold exporter and one Edward Tyalor the alleged gold vendor.
Amadi has since asked the court to set aside the order, saying she ceased practising as an advocate with the firm following her appointment as CRJ in 2014.
The law firm was registered on November 9, 2012.
She said the firm remained dormant until her son, Ochieng, Kiarie and Toptoi took up the management and operations of the firm.
The three are advocates of the High Court of Kenya.
Amadi, through advocate Ochieng Oduol, says that when she resigned, the three opted to retain the firm’s name, Amadi and Associates Advocates.
