Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu Under Probe over Suspicious Sh320 Million Wired to Her Bank Accounts
Detectives are investigating Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu over Sh320 million suspiciously wired to her bank accounts between 2013 and 2016.
The transaction of huge amounts of cash to the country's second-top judge accounts raised suspicions that she could be involved in money laundering, reports The Star.
"The nature of the identified account transactions and properties indicate a high possibility of fraud and money laundering," the Star quotes a report by investigators.
On March 16th 2016, a few months before she was appointed judge of the Supreme Court, Mwilu allegedly purchased a piece of land LR3734/1129 from Mutunga and Company for Sh2.8 million.
Two months later, the Lady Justice reportedly received Sh75 million from Forest Japan Hospital after selling the land to them and a further Sh74 million from an unidentified client.
"Theoretically, this implies that the subject bought the property at the price of Ksh2.8 million on 16 March 2016 from Justice Mutunga's company and sold it at a price of Ksh75 million to Forest Japan Hospital and Ksh74 million to another unknown entity," the DCI documents read.
In 2013, the detectives established that the Deputy CJ sent Kibwezi West MP Patrick Musimba Sh15 million, an amount she said was a refund for a failed purchase. The payout was reflected in her bank transactions, but further scrutiny found no evidence of any payment from the MP to Mwilu.
The Supreme Court Judge further received Sh86 million in six instalments from Lucy Muthoni Magelo, wife to former Nairobi Speaker Alex Ole Magelo for an alleged purchase of property in Lavington.
She also got 95.6 million in cash and cheque deposits during the same period including a Sh40 million from Raei Investments Ltd and paid Sh56 million to Waruhiu and Company Advocates and an additional 35 million to Imperial Bank.
She was also found to have under-declared some assets registered under her name. "Some of the identified assets were also under-declared in the subsequent tax returns," the detectives noted of Mwilu's failure to file her tax returns in 2016 as required by the law.
On August 15th 2013, the investigators further established that Mwilu applied for Sh80 million loan from the collapsed Imperial Bank, which was approved within one week despite her not having an account with the lender.
In total breach of banking procedures, an Imperial bank staff wired what detectives described as mysterious Sh10 million to Mwilu's account on November 11th 2014.
The report says the judge owns at least seven houses in posh Kilimani estate, one along Argwings Kodhek Road, two off Ndemi Road and another in Athi River.
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If this story is credible…
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If this story is credible then Mwilu needs to be sent to jail for a very long time. Nobody is above the law and even if she is the deputy chief Justice she must face the long arm of the law. Money laundering is criminal, corruption is criminal, and both must be treated harshly in the eyes of the law
How many equally corrupt…
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How many equally corrupt lawyers are representing her again? What a shame, she needs to resign now.
45 lawyers to Deputy Justice…
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45 lawyers to Deputy Justice
Given little by news of who your client is,just ask her as a jurge to just jail herself drive her self to Kamiti prison and start her jail term. It is just a shame.
Orengo with your respect just withdraw your good name from this double standard Mkamba mkora thief who have stolen many Kenyan. If we continue we will know More go jail muilu
You mean Judges are bribed…
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You mean Judges are bribed with such huge amount. Of course all that money is bribes to make case disappear. No wonder the rich and powerful never go to prison. Can we see the bank statement of judge Odunga for the past 10 years. Mwilu will look like an amateur compared to Odunga. I thought they are bribed with chicken and mayai boilo.
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This is exactly how she sold Kenya during elections. How much was she paid to support such a weird decision? How did she become a supreme court judge when she cannot even read? How much did she pay and who did she pay to acquire such a position without the needed qualifications? How many Kenyans are wrongfully in jail based on her decisions where she received money to sway the decision in a certain way? How many other judges are compromised? How many are selling Kenyans to foreigners because all they want is money ? This is the reason we are setting death traps for Kenyans because our entrusted leaders are way too greedy and selfish. All need to be audited in terms of character and actions. Where are all those who were arrested previously? We need now to hear people serving jail time for Kenya to change. We have no leaders! God help Kenya!!
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We need a financial audit of all government employees pronto. This woman is so contaminated by corruption that the case need to start right away. Wow, monster bribes are being wired back and forth without any shame. What a country. Rise up good people and demand real actions. There are thousands and thousands of similar cases in the country. When are we going to see some convictions of these corrupt people. No wonder cases just disappear due to bribes. Justice in Kenya is for sale and always has been. Kenyans as a people are destroying themselves by this disease called corruption. Is there any hope, really??? We should all be worried about the level of corruption among the Judiciary as well as the whole public employee sector. Rotten to the core!!!!!!!
Poor Kenya, she is gone to the dogs.
Pengine nimesahau: naomba…
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Pengine nimesahau: naomba mnikumbushe ikiwa Dada Waiguru ameshashikwa au yungali huru? Kama yungalu huru nawaombeni viongozi wa Kenya muwache mambo ya sarakasi.
Hayati Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wa India alisema, "...The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts, and that is where all our battles ought to be fought."
Pia alisema, "...Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."
Jameni tamaa nyingi na uroho (greed) mwingi utayumbisha na kuimaliza nchi ya Kenya!
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