Outgoing Chief Judiciary Registrar Anne Amadi has revealed that individuals involved in the gold scandal aimed to remove her from office before her term concluded. Amadi uncovered this plot when a petition for her removal was submitted to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), putting her job and reputation at risk.
Asserting her innocence, Amadi clarified that the JSC investigated the allegations and found them baseless, preventing any attempts to force her out of the Judiciary.
Although she refrained from naming the individuals behind the plot, she stated that their identities would be disclosed during the court proceedings.
“If the accusations held any truth, I would have been dismissed before completing my term. But it was all fabricated. That’s why I’ve insisted on an in-person hearing. I need to know my accusers,” she emphasized.
‘It’s all lies’ – says Amadi
Amadi firmly denied involvement in any gold-related business, highlighting that she had already left the office during the period in question.
She reiterated, “It’s all lies.”
Scheduled to be succeeded officially by the Judiciary after her term concludes, Amadi faced allegations of defrauding a Dubai-based businessman of Ksh102 million in a fake gold transaction.
According to her accusers, Ms Amadi received the money through a law firm tasked with delivering the gold, which was never received despite the payment.
However, Amadi countered these accusations, stating that no funds were ever wired into her account.
Amadi and her son, Brian Ochieng Amadi, were accused alongside four others of illegally obtaining $742,206 from Bruton Gold Trading LLC — a company in Dubai — with a promise of selling 1.5 tonnes of gold bars.
Justice David Majanja went ahead to freeze Amadi’s personal bank accounts together with those of her son and two others pending the hearing of the suit filed by the Dubai-based company that deals in gold.
However, the accounts were later unfrozen enabling access for Amadi, her son Brian, and two other individuals mentioned in connection with the alleged gold export fraud case.
