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"content": "(a) Ian Gitata made Kshs22,800,000 in cash withdrawals. Some of the withdrawals were declared as cash to pay undisclosed beneficiaries. It was suspicious why they preferred cash payments as opposed to bank transfers. (b) A sum of Kshs 4 million transferred to a law firm. (c) A sum of Kshs26,993,350 - Investment in fixed term deposits as follows- (i) On 27th May, 2024, Kshs9,993,350 (ii) On 11th July, 2024, Kshs17 million The utilization of funds was reasonably believed to be an act of corruption and money laundering as most of the money was withdrawn in cash rather than bank transfers, which is the custom for huge payments. His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua is reasonably suspected to be the principal beneficiary of these dubious transactions. St. Nicholas Rehabilitation and Industrial Training Institute Limited. The company was incorporated on 8th April, 2021 under registration number PVT- AAACMO4. It deals with student rehabilitation and industrial training, trading as St Nicholas Rehabilitation Centre and Psychiatric Hospital. The sole company director is Nicholas Mugambi Maingi. The company operates an account at Equity Bank, opened on 18th August, 2017 with the company director as the sole account signatory. Between 1st March, 2024 and 5th June, 2024, the account received a total of Kshs21,060,000 from office from the Office of the Deputy President. The funds were suspiciously utilized as follows- (a) A sum of Kshs2 million was allegedly used to purchase a white Toyota Prado from Umarali Motors Limited for Kshs8.5 million. (b) Another Kshs4 million was suspiciously transferred to Nicholas Maingi's account. A cash trail in the personal account revealed that upon receipt of the funds, Nicholas made a transfer Kshs4,660,000 to Umarali Motors Limited on 21st March, 2024. The purported payment to Umarali Motors Limited using two routes raises reasonable suspicion of corruption and money laundering. Further, prior to receipt of the two payments from the Office of the Deputy President, the account was transacting in minimal accounts, raising suspicions that the entire transaction was a conduit used by His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua to siphon public funds. The payment scheme used typifies money laundering transactions. From the matters outlined in the preceding parts, it is patently clear that there are serious reasons to believe that His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua, the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya, using his State office has committed gross economic crimes, namely conflict of interest, abuse of office, conspiracy to commit crimes under- (a) Sections 45(1)(a), 46, 47A(3) and 48(1) of the Anti-Corruption and Economics Crimes Act. (b) Sections 2, 3, 4 and 7 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act. Your Excellency Rigathi Gachagua, how do you plead to Ground 7, guilty or not guilty?"
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