DRC trio sues Australian firm over Sh2b gold row
Crime and Justice
By
Kamau Muthoni
| Nov 26, 2025
A court battle between Congolese nationals and an Australian firm is brewing over gold estimated to be around Sh2 billion.
Tanga Muyololo, John Baptiste Ilunga and Geoffrey Mukendi have sued Kingdom Care Limited, claiming that it has illegally shipped 120 kilograms of gold from Congo.
The trio, in their case before the High Court, alleged that Kingdom presents itself in Kenya as a mining firm but it does not allegedly have the licensing documentation.
They state that they are representing Community Cooperative, based in DRC.
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“Plaintiffs further aver that the defendants and all their agents and/or representatives have been operating in Kenya under a tourism visa, while purporting to be a licensed gold dealer which conduct amounts to misrepresentation and illegality under the Immigration and Mining laws of Kenya,” their case filed by Nyandolo and Company advocates read in part.
According to them, the firm allegedly illegally entered into a management agreement without the knowledge and consent of Muyololo, who they claimed is the representative of the community.
They told the court that 120 kilos of gold were allegedly smuggled from DR Congo, through Uganda into the country.
Although they do not state the date which the gold was allegedly brought to Kenya, they claimed that its final destination is Dubai.
“The plaintiff further states that the defendants conspired with third parties to unlawfully smuggle the consignment of 120 kilograms of gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda into Kenya, with the intent of exporting it to Dubai, without the authority or participation of the legitimate community owners,” they alleged.
The three asserted that the firm is allegedly not authorized to conduct mining business in the country. They also claimed that despite warning that they would sue, it allegedly informed them that the sale would proceed unhindered.
“There is high and probable likelihood that the defendants shall proceed to sell the subject consignment unless restrained by this court, yet the plaintiff has sentimental attachments to the goods same being community-owned consignment,” the court heard.
Muyololo, Ilunga and Mukendi now want the court to bar Kindgom Limited from transferring or disposing the contested consignment until the case is heard and determined.
At the same time, they are also seeking damages for the alleged loss of user.
“The plaintiffs prays for judgment against the defendant permanent injunction do issue restraining the defendants by themselves, their agents, servants and or any other persons whomsoever from offering for sale or selling the plaintiffs consignment of consignment PKM-643804-25 same being 120 kilograms of gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo to any person,” court papers continued to read.