Nairobi, Aug. 7 -- The Supreme Court has ended a company's bid to reopen a 22-year dispute with the Central Bank of Kenya over Sh14 million frozen during investigations into a Treasury Bonds fraud, shutting the door on its final appeal.

The five-judge bench ruled that Johmat Distributors Ltd's grievances over interest, legal costs and a long-running freezing order did not raise issues of general public importance required for an appeal to the apex court.

The ruling closes litigation that began after CBK alleged that Sh205 million had been fraudulently obtained in 2002 through manipulation of Treasury bonds and Treasury bills.

The bank suspected Johmat's account had been used to channel part of the money and obtained a court order in Ju...