Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd will now defend itself against the alleged loss of Sh6.3 million charity cash as the judgement is headed for delivery.
In a memorandum filed before the Nakuru chief magistrate, the bank through Havelock, Nduati and Company Advocates, indicated it had entered appearance in the suit.
Ex-parte judgment in the case, filed late last year by Josephine Nyokabi Wanjiku and her Icelandic funder Gunnar Hallsson, was about to be delivered earlier this month after the bank delayed making an appearance.
In the memorandum dated April 8 this year, the bank stated that it could be served through the law firm for the purpose of the case.
Ms Wanjiku and Mr Hallsson want the bank ordered to refund the money plus interest at current commercial rates. The money was to be used to purchase a house for a group of destitute children and meet their essential expenses.
In papers filed before the High Court, Ms Wanjiku claims some bank staff swapped her names and used her details to open a ghost account through which they withdrew the cash meant for charity.
She had earlier forwarded her details to Barclays Nakuru West branch with the intention of opening an account where funds from Mr Hallsson were to be deposited.
On his part, Mr Hallsson said he was sending the money to help Ms Wanjiku purchase a house for orphaned children at Free Area in Nakuru.
Ms Wanjiku said the ghost account was opened at one of the bank’s Nairobi branches with a Malindi address and whose holder used a Ugandan passport despite her names being conspicuously Kenyan.
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