This archive report was first published on 18 November 2019.
On November 18, 2019, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) challenging a payment of Sh20.5 million to two companies associated with businessman Kamlesh Pattni.
The payment was made due to a botched prosecution and attempt to place Marshalls East Africa Ltd and Delphis Bank Ltd under receivership for having been bought using proceeds from the Goldenberg scandal.
Justices William Ouko, Asike Makhandia, and Sankai ole Kantai agreed with a High Court judgment, which had earlier ruled that the amount owed to the firms associated with the tycoon was valid.
Mr. Pattni and the EACC had settled the matter before it went for trial, prompting the tycoon to seek compensation for legal bills amounting to Sh140.9 million.
Mr. Pattni has been tried but never convicted despite multiple investigations into the suspected loss of some $1 billion (Sh103 billion) of public funds over bogus diamond and gold exports, labelled the Goldenberg scandal.
