GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 5991

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: 1. NANCY INDOVERIA KIGUNZI THAT the High Court has issued Forfeiture Orders in High Court Civil Suit (Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division) No. E34 of 2023 as specified in the Schedule hereto: SCHEDULE REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI ANTI-CORRUPTION AND ECONOMIC CRIMES DIVISION ACEC SUIT NO. E34 OF 2023 ASSETS RECOVERY AGENCY……..….APPLICANT -VERSUS- NANCY INDOVERIA KIGUNZI ………...……RESPONDENT DECREE CLAIM FOR IN THE APPLICATION: 1. THAT this Honorable Court be pleased to issue an order declaring that the following funds are proceeds of crime and therefore liable for forfeiture to the State; (a) KSh. 13,474,520/= held at Central Bank of Kenya seized from Nancy Indoveria Kigunzi 2. THAT this Honorable Court be pleased to issue orders of forfeiture of the following funds held to the Applicant. (a) KSh. 13,474,520/= held at Central Bank of Kenya seized from Nancy Indoveria Kigunzi 3. THAT this Honorable Court be pleased to issue an order that the above funds be forfeited to the state and transferred to the Assets Recovery Agency`s account number 1240221339 at Kenya Commercial Bank Limited, KICC Branch. 4. THAT this Honorable Court be pleased to make any other ancillary order it may deem fit for the proper, fair effective execution of its orders. 5. THAT costs be provided for. THIS MATTER coming up for Judgment on 25th of April, 2024 before Lady Justice E. N. Maina for Application dated 23rd November, 2023 brought by the Counsel for the Applicant under sections 81, 90 and 92 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act as read together with order 51 of the Civil Procedure Rules and all enabling provisions of the law. In the presence of Counsel for the Applicant and in absence of Counsel for the Respondent, IT IS HEREBY DECREED: 1. THAT Judgment be and is hereby entered for the Applicant against the Respondent as follows: - (i) THAT an order be and is hereby issued declaring that the sum of KSh. 13,474,520 found in the Respondent`s residence but held at the Central Bank of Kenya is proceeds of crime and therefore liable for forfeiture to the Government of Kenya. (ii) THAT the sum of KSh. 13,474,520 be and is hereby forfeited to the Government of Kenya. (iii) THAT an order be and is hereby issued that the sum of KSh. 13,474,520/= be Transferred to the Applicants Account Number 1240221339 at Kenya Commercial Bank Limited, KICC Branch. (iv) THAT the costs of this case shall be borne by the Respondent. GIVEN under my Hand and the Seal of this Honorable Court this 25th day of April, 2024. ISSUED at Nairobi this 30th day of April, 2024. HON. E. M NYAKUNDI, DEPUTY REGISTRAR, HIGH COURT OF KENYA ANTI-CORRUPTION & ECONOMIC CRIMES DIVISION Dated the 7th May, 2024. CLARA OTIENO-OMONDI, Registrar, High Court of Kenya.