A Nairobi lawyer has been exposed for pocketing Ksh 2.9 million from a client who sought help recovering Ksh 11 million from a debtor, delivering no recovery in return and then dictating his own repayment schedule, under which the client was to receive the money back in monthly instalments stretching to September 2026.
The lawyer at the centre of the complaint is Ambrose Ochuka Abongo of Ambrose Ochuka & Company Advocates, whose offices are located at Krishna Centre in Westlands.
The matter is before the Advocates Complaints Commission, while a parallel investigation by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has found that Ochuka obtained money through a fraudulent scheme, with the file now awaiting the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to approve the charges before prosecution.
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has also been drawn into the dispute, with a separate complaint lodged over the advocate’s conduct.
The proceedings have now placed Ochuka under increased scrutiny within the legal fraternity, with calls growing for his suspension and the harshest disciplinary measures available for breaching professional rules.
