While appearing before the National Assembly Justice and Legal Affairs committee, DPP Haji revealed that part of suspicious bank transfers saw Ksh34.7 Million withdrawn from Diamond Trust Bank was wired to Syria and Jilib in Somalia the headquarters of terrorist group al-shabaab.
The DPP responded to a question Baringo North MP William Cheptumo who sought to know why DTB’s Eastleigh branch manager Sophia Njoki Mbogo had been charged with aiding terrorism.
“This money was going to Jilib, the headquarters of Al-Shabaab. We are not penalizing this bank but protecting it by charging the manager. There are certain issues that cannot be said here,” he told the committee.
The committee also further inquired on how a bank manager can tell whether a client banking or withdrawing money is a terrorist, in a quick rejoinder, Senior Public Prosecutor Dorcas Oduor who accompanied DPP Haji responded, “We have evidence showing that some of this money was going to Syria and Somalia. What would you be investing in Somalia using clean cash?”
“Looking at what happened in Dusit D2, a customer who was withdrawing Ksh400,000 per month suddenly takes Sh5 million in cash and loaded in a sack. As a manager, you ought to have raised concern and reported to the Financial Reporting Centre,” she explained.