Demetrios Bradshaw, a director of Bruton Gold Trading LLC, has petitioned the JSC to remove Ms. Amadi for alleged Gold fraud.
In a case currently ongoing in the High Court, Mr. Bradshaw is requesting the return of more than Ksh100 million that he claims was paid in a gold scam to the legal team of Amadi and Associates.
Justice Alfred Mabeya prolonged the order freezing Ms. Amadi’s and the law firm’s accounts on Friday until June 9, when he will decide on her request for the accounts to be unfrozen and the lawsuit to be dismissed.
The petition demands that the “Judicial Service Commission takes the necessary actions in accordance with all applicable laws and removes her from office with immediate effect.”
The British passport holder cites a number of justifications, including consulting with, acting as counsel for, and managing the law firm of Amadi and Associates while employed by the judiciary.
It is also alleged that she received funds into an account opened by her in her capacity as the firm’s sole proprietor and maintaining control over the management of the said account.
Mr. Bradshaw further asserts that Ms. Amadi called his lawyers at some point last year and then met with them to discuss settling the police investigations that were being conducted at the time.
“That the glaring question from Hon. Anne Atieno Amadi’s actions relayed in the paragraph above is, how did she know of the criminal investigations being carried out, on what capacity did she attend that meeting, and how did she propose a solution if indeed she was not in control of Amadi and Associates?” Reads the petition.
Ms. Amadi claims that he relinquished control of the law firm and transferred ownership to other attorneys, including her son, Mr. Brian Ochieng before joining Judiciary.
The British national claims that the most recent certificate from the Registrar of Companies, dated 30 May 2023, still shows that she is the law firm’s registered proprietor. The firm was founded in November of 2012.
According to the petition, “There is no evidence that Hon. Anne Atieno Amadi ever relinquished control of the firm to any of the attorneys listed on the website.”
Ms. Amadi stated that since leaving her law firm to join the judiciary in 2014, she has not been in private practice. She added that there is no evidence to support the claim that Bruton Gold Trading LLC transmitted her personal bank account the money allegedly used to buy 1,500 kilograms of gold.
However, the gold merchant said that Mr. Ochieng and Andrew Njenga Kiarie, acting as agents for Amadi and Associates, verified that they received money and withdrew it through the law firm of Murage Juma & Company Advocates.
The gold shipment was purportedly bought from Liberian passport holder Edward Taylor, also known as Mboronda Seyenkulo Sakor, and was supposed to be delivered by Mr. Daniel Ndegwa Kangara, also known as Daniel Muriithi.
After creating an escrow arrangement, the legal firm purportedly represented the parties.
