Bank files listed eight of his relatives also linked to the numbered account. The leaked files do not specify the exact role that he had in relation to the accounts.
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The report indicated that Muthama is the executive chairman of Muthama Gemstones (Kenya), an international company that deals in mines and precious stones but does not however specify the exact role that he had in relation to the accounts.
It further pointed out that Kenyans had 463 client accounts opened between 1975 and 2006 and linked to 1,093 bank accounts.
It also revealed that of the 742 clients associated with Kenya, 32 percent have a Kenyan passport or nationality.
The account linked to Kenya with the highest amount of money deposited by an unnamed person had Sh3.27 billion.
A range of current and former politicians from Russia, India and various African countries, as well as Saudi, Bahraini, Jordanian and Moroccan royalty, and the late Australian press magnate Kerry Packer were named in the files.
There were calls for a Swiss probe against the bank, which is already facing prosecution in France and Belgium.
So far Switzerland has only launched an investigation against Herve Falciani, the HSBC employee-turned-whistleblower who stole the files.
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