The aggrieved man held a press briefing outside the Milimani Law Courts, saying that on August 18, 2023, October 2, 2023, November 13, 2023, and December 8, 2023, he made deposits from his personal bank account in Norway into Dennis Onyango & Associates accounts amounting to USD 403,097.00.
He claims that since he deposited the said amounts to lawyer Onyango, he has never contacted the respondent or given any sort of authority regarding the expenditure of the said amount because the proposed purposes for which the funds were deposited have not materialised and/or are no longer required.
“I have asked the respondent to return my money since there is no further reason for the respondent to hold on to these funds for me, nor does there exist any legal basis for the respondent to retain the funds,“ he added.
Through his lawyers Felix Keaton Kiprono, Vincent Yegon, and Abdirizack, John B says the matter filed at the Milimani Commercial Division has been dragging for over a year now.
Lawyer Yegon said that Onyango has failed, refused, neglected, and neglected to return the said funds.
They worry that Onyango might have misused that money without their client’s authority, hence jeopardising his business and causing their client massive financial loss.
“The said monies are allegedly held in the accounts of the respondents at Stanbic Bank Kenya at the Chiromo branch,“ added Yego.
Onyango, who is a lawyer, is said to have uttered false documents to John B and has even forged a document for Barclays Bank. Keaton says that Onyango has forged a letter purporting it to have originated from the bank, but the bank has denied those claims.
“I have continued to suffer huge financial losses and setbacks as a result of nonpayment or refund of my money,” added Onyango. JB claims that after he deposited the said amounts to Onyango in a gold business, he has never contacted him or given any sort of authority regarding the expenditure of the said amount because the proposed purposes for which the funds were deposited have not materialised and/or are no longer required.
“I have asked the respondent to return my money since there is no further reason for the respondent to hold on to these funds for me, nor does there exist any legal basis for the respondent to retain the funds,“ added the complainant.
The respondent has, however, failed, refused, or neglected to return to me the said funds of USD 403,097 (Four Hundred Three Thousand Ninety-Seven United States Dollars).
Pending the hearing and determination of this application, the court would be pleased to compel Barclays Bank to render the statement. He also wants the court to freeze that account and to stop any utilisation or transfer of that money.
