GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 17002

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 92 (5) of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2009, the Registrar High Court gives notice to Francis Mwenda Muthamia that the High Court has issued Forfeiture Orders in High Court Civil Suit (Anti-Corruption and economic crimes Division) Civil Suit No. E12 of 2022 as specified in the Schedule hereto: SCHEDULE REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI ANTI-CORRUPTION AND ECONOMIC CRIMES DIVISION CIVIL SUIT NO. E12 OF 2022 ASSETS RECOVERY AGENCY—(Applicant) -VERSUS- FRANCIS MWENDA MUTHAMIA—(Respondent) DECREE BEFORE HON. JUSTICE P. J. OTIENO VIRTUALLY ON THE 9TH OF OCTOBER 2024 CLAIM FOR IN THE SUIT. 1. THAT this Honorable court do issue orders declaring that KSh. 35,000,000 held in NCBA Bank, Changamwe Branch account number 6655780015 in the name of Francis Mwenda Muthamia are proceeds of crime and liable for forfeiture to the Government of Kenya. 2. THAT this Honorable court do issue forfeiture orders forfeiting the said funds to the Governent and transferred to the applicant. 3. THAT this Honorable court makes any other ancillary orders it may deem appropriate for the proper, fair and effective execution of the forfeiture orders. 4. THAT costs be provided for. THIS MATTER coming up for judgment on 9th October, 2024 before Hon. Justice P. J. Otieno for originating motion dated 6th May 2022 brought by counsel for the Applicant under sections 90 and 92 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act and Order 51 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules and all other enabling provisions of law, in the presence of Counsel for the Applicant and counsel for the Respondent; THE KENYA GAZETTE 27th December, 2024 IT IS HEREBY DECREED: 1. THAT the application dated 06.05.2022 is allowed on terms that the sum of KSh. 35,000,000 held in the respondent’s account at NCBA Bank, Account No. 6655708815, NCBA Changamwe Branch, is declared as proceeds of crime and ordered forfeited to the applicant on behalf of the state. GIVEN under my Hand and the Seal of this Honorable Court this 9th day of October, 2024. E. GAITHUMA, Deputy Registrar, High Court of Kenya, Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division Nairobi. Dated the 13th December, 2024. C. O. OMONDI, Registrar, High Court of Kenya.