Below are some of the successful recovery cases that the agency has been involved in over the years, under the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act (POCAMLA.)
Recovery Cases
Muazu Bala
Nature of CaseThis a case of money laundering of suspected illicit funds by a Nigerian National who was intercepted while on transit to Dubai Status of CaseApplication seeking variation of Preservation orders heard and dismissed.
ACEC CIVIL APPL NO. 73 2017
Nature of CaseThis cases involved acquisition of funds obtaining through bribery by a spouse who worked for KRA. Status of CaseJudgment was delivered on 13th November 2018 in favour of the Agency forfeiting the funds to the State.
Pamela Aboo
Nature of CaseThis cases involved acquisition of funds obtaining through bribery by a spouse who worked for KRA. Status of CaseJudgment was delivered on 13th November 2018 in favour of the Agency forfeiting the funds to the State.
Joseph Wanjohi & Others
Nature of CaseThis case involved assets which were acquired using benefits obtained from drug dealings Status of CaseJudgment was delivered on 21st February 2020 in favour of Agency forfeiting the assets to the State.
Charity Wangui Gethi & Others
Nature of CaseThis case involved theft, fraud & Money Laundering of public funds, from the National Youth Service (NYS)Status of CaseKshs. 97,682,424 Million was forfeited to the State Pursuant to the Judgment delivered on 25th February 2021
Margaret Wanja Muthui Matter
The High Court has frozen the accounts of a top official at the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) for alleged mega-corruption. The authority’s deputy director in charge of supply chain management Margaret Wanja Muthui and her proxies are now barred from withdrawing over Ksh.93.5 million held at three different bank accounts in the country. Muthui…
Mr Josphat Kamau Matter
Asset Recovery Agency successfully used PROCALMA to recover money in a case involving the smuggling of goods from Uganda without paying taxes. This was done in a judgment by Justice James Wakiaga on 8th June 2021 when he delivered a forfeiture ruling against one Mr. Josphat Kamau in Civil Application No 13 of 2020 {Asset…
Abdi Mohamed Ali Matter
A Mandera county official lost Sh62 million to the State after the High Court ruled that the money held in two accounts at Equity Bank is proceeds of crime and theft at the devolved unit. Justice Mumbi Ngugi found that Abdi Mohamed Ali, the director of Livestock since February 2013, failed to explain how he…
