The Judiciary has rubbished claims by Captain (Rtd.) Kung’u Muigai that judges were bribed in the decades-long case between Benjoh Amalgamated Ltd and Muiri Coffee Estate Ltd against Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB).
In a statement, Judiciary Spokesperson Paul Ndemo said no court or the Judicial Service Commission has ever found evidence of misconduct. He faulted Muigai for raising accusations years after some judges had retired or died, calling it “malicious and in bad faith.”
The dispute began in 1989 when KCB issued a loan secured by Muiri Coffee Estate’s 443-acre farm. After default, a 1992 consent order confirmed the debt and allowed the bank to auction the land if repayment was not made. Subsequent attempts by the borrowers to block the sales were dismissed, with the Court of Appeal in 1998 upholding the consent as final.
Despite that ruling, more than 14 suits were filed over two decades, all struck out as res judicata. In 2018, the Court of Appeal again dismissed another case, terming the endless litigation an abuse of process.
Ndemo said Muigai’s claims that 17 Court of Appeal judges and one High Court judge were bribed lack proof, and warned that unfounded attacks on the courts only erode public trust. He urged aggrieved parties to use lawful review mechanisms instead of spreading misinformation
