Karua piles pressure on Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi to resign over gold scam
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Martha Karua wants Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi to resign over alleged link to Ksh89 million gold scam
Martha Karua wants Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi to resign over alleged link to Ksh89 million gold scam.
Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi is under increasing pressure to step down over her alleged involvement in a Ksh89 million gold scam.
A Dubai-based company has filed a lawsuit against Amadi, her son Brian Ochieng, two other Kenyans, and a Liberian person after the gold it purchased was never delivered.
While weighing in on the case on Tuesday, Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua suggested that the judiciary official should step aside pending the hearing and determination of the matter.
“Shouldn’t she step aside pending the determination @KenyasOmbudsman @Kenyajudiciary @lawsocietykenya,” Karua said in a tweet.
Karua, Azimio co-principal was reacting to the recusal of High Court Judge David Majanja from the case over a conflict of interest.
Justice Majanja on Tuesday, 23, May said he could not continue hearing the case since he sits in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) where Amadi is the secretary to the commission.
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Meanwhile, the Judiciary Chief Registrar had already denied allegations to the gold scam.
In her affidavit, Amadi distanced herself from the fake gold deal, saying it was her son who has been managing the law firm linked to the scam.
Amadi told the court that she left private practice on January 13, 2014, when she was appointed as the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary.
Amadi claims she did not receive any money or benefit from the monies sent by the Dubai-based company to the firm as at all times it was managed by her son Ochieng’ and one Andrew Njenga Kiarie, who receives clients’ instructions, executes the same and receives any client’s monies.
Other defendants in the case are Kikanae Topoti, Daniel Ndegwa Kang’ara alias Daniel Muriithi and Edward Taylor alias Mboronda Seyenkulo Sakor, a Liberian passport holder.
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