This archive report was first published on 30 June 2019.
Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu's loan dealings with Imperial Bank and property deals have sparked a petition seeking her removal from office.
According to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Justice Mwilu failed to pay capital gains tax on the return and stamp duty on the value of the land she bought between December 2014 and March 2016 for Sh160 million.
She sold three parcels of land for Sh315 million between March 2016 and July 2016, more than doubling her return from the plots bought months back for Sh155 million with cash from Imperial Bank.
Part of the Sh132 million in loans were granted interest-free without applications from Ms Mwilu nor appraising her creditworthiness, others granted using letters with Judiciary letters head.
The DPP says she also fraudulently recovered securities of the loans and sold them, leading to losses of Sh60 million at the collapsed Imperial Bank.
"The respondent therefore used her judicial office to improperly enrich herself," the DPP says.
