Mahakama ya Rufaa inakataa ombi la kuzuia Ksh 537 milioni za Sonko

Mahakama ya Rufaa imethibitisha uamuzi wa Mahakama Kuu ulioamuru Shirika la Kurudisha Mali (ARA) kufungua akaunti za benki zinazohusiana na gavana wa zamani wa Nairobi Mike Sonko. Uamuzi huu umetolewa leo, Machi 25, 2026, baada ya kukanusha rufaa ya ARA kutokana na ukosefu wa misingi. Akaunti hizo zilikuwa zimefungwa kwa tuhuma za utakatishaji fedha.

Leo, Machi 25, 2026, Mahakama ya Rufaa ilikanusha rufaa ya Shirika la Kurudisha Mali (ARA) dhidi ya uamuzi wa Mahakama Kuu wa Oktoba 2025. Mahakama Kuu ilikuwa imeamuru ARA kufungua akaunti za Sonko kutokana na ukosefu wa ushahidi unaothibitisha tuhuma za utakatishaji fedha chafua. ARA ilidai kuwa chini ya Sehemu ya 97 ya Sheria ya Mapato ya Uhalifu na Kupambana na Utakatishaji Fedha Chafua (POCAMLA), amri ya kuhifadhi mali inabaki na nguvu wakati wa rufaa. Hata hivyo, majaji walieleza kuwa utekelezaji unaweza kutumika tu kwa gharama, na hawakuweza kuzuia hukumu isiyohitaji hatua yoyote. 'Hakuna chochote kinachotokana na hukumu ya Mahakama Kuu kwa mahakama hii, katika ombi la kusimamisha, kutekeleza au kuzuia kwa amri,' ilisema mahakama. Uamuzi huu unaifungua akaunti za Sonko, ambazo zilikuwa chini ya uchunguzi wa ARA. Sonko amekuwa akishughulikiwa na kesi tangu kufukuzwa kwake ofisini mwaka 2020. Mahakama ya Rufaa ilibainisha kuwa haiwezi kutoa amri ya kusimamisha utekelezaji dhidi ya hukumu iliyokataa kesi.

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