- Eric Otieno Adede was charged alongside Mohamed Azaz alias Ahmed Shar, Mary Wanjiru Mwangi alias Elizabeth Muthoni and Irene Wairimu Kimani alias Charity.
- An accused person allegedly behind the Barclays 2 billion shillings saga wants the court to order DCI to produce before the court over 20 billion shillings within 24 hours of the hearing of the application he has filed in court.
Eric Otieno Adede says that the DCIU is illegally holding and has continued to withhold the said sums of money that do not form a part of the charges in the criminal case.
“The applicant is apprehensive that the DCI might tamper with the aforesaid currency that does not form part of the criminal case thus depriving him of his money,” says Adede
He further claims that the DCI is using the said sums of money and alleging it to be fake, a fact he knows to be untrue, to publicly boost the public profile of the said office and embarrass him in media briefings.
According to the court papers filed in court, Adede claims that the DCI is illegally and in bad faith withholding the said sums of money without any legitimate basis nor orders of the court.
“The DCI is under public dutry to be fair and just in the execution of his dituies,’’argues Adede
Adede says he is the owner of a box held at Barclays Bank Queens way branch containing 420,067,900 in 100-dollar domination among other items adding that on march 19, 2019 the DCI with the collusion of Barclays in full glare of media, hastily and unlawfully broke into said box and seized the contents there belonging to him.
He claims that he has been holder of box at Barclays since 25 November 2017.
Similarly he claims that the DPP has acted and continues to act in act in excess of his powers in refusing to release the money that is not being used in the criminal case.
He has named the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Barclays Bank of Kenya and Director of Public Prosecutions as respondents in the case.
Adede together with three other accused persons were on 26 march this year charged with attempting to defraud a businessman 20 million shillings.
The four were accused of conspiring to defraud the trader by falsely pretending they were carrying out a genuine business as investors.
Prosecution further accused Adede of being found in possession of 41.373 kilograms of brass in contravention of the mining Act.
