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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950127-08-000275
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080703
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080703

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BMB MUNAI INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000924805
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				300233726
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O POULTON & YORDAN
		STREET 2:		324 SOUTH 400 WEST SUITE 250
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		801-355-2227

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O POULTON & YORDAN
		STREET 2:		324 SOUTH 400 WEST SUITE 250
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84101

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INTERUNION FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960719

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JSC Compass Asset Management
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001435729
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			1P
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33034
		FILM NUMBER:		08936670

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		240V FURMANOVA STREET
		CITY:			ALMATY
		STATE:			1P
		ZIP:			050059
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7327 2607 609

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		240V FURMANOVA STREET
		CITY:			ALMATY
		STATE:			1P
		ZIP:			050059

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Compass Asset Management Ltd.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001438220
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33034
		FILM NUMBER:		08936669

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		QUEENSGATE HOUSE
		STREET 2:		113 SOUTH CHURCH STREET, P.O. BOX 1234
		CITY:			GEORGE TOWN
		STATE:			E9
		ZIP:			KY1-1108
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(7) 701 7 607 607

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		QUEENSGATE HOUSE
		STREET 2:		113 SOUTH CHURCH STREET, P.O. BOX 1234
		CITY:			GEORGE TOWN
		STATE:			E9
		ZIP:			KY1-1108
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        <footnote id="F1">Purchase of 12,1000 shares of Common Stock by TAU Capital (Public Investments) Limted (&quot;TAU&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Sale of 16,103 shares of Common Stock by Kazakh Compass fund ltd. (&quot;Kazakh Compass&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Sale of 2,760 shares of Common Stock by Compass Kazakhstan Ltd. (&quot;Compass Kazakhstan&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Sale of 6,890 shares of Common Stock by Compass Kazakhstan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Sale of 4,050 shares of Common Stock by Compass Kazakhstan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Sale of 10,950 shares of Common Stock by Kazakh Compass.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Sale of 10,000 shares of Common Stock by Kazakh Compass.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Purchase of 7,000 shares of Common Stock by Kazakh Compass.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Purchase of 20,700 shares of Common Stock by TAU.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">Sale of 27,700 shares of Common Stock by Compass Kazakhstan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">Sale of 7,200 shares of Common Stock by Compass Kazakhstan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F12">Sale of 144,300 shares of Common Stock by TAU.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F13">Sale of 48,500 shares of Common Stock by Kazakh Compass.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F14">Sale of 14,309 shares of Common Stock by Compass Kazakhstan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F15">Sale of 20,907 shares of Common Stock by Kazakh Compass.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F16">Sale of 53,000 shares of Common Stock by TAU.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F17">Sale of 15,205 shares of Common Stock by Kazakh Compass.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F18">Sale of 28,000 shares of Common Stock by TAU.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F19">Sale of 29,353 shares of Common Stock by TAU.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F20">Sale of 66,000 shares of Common Stock by Kazakh Compass.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F21">Sale of 195,290 shares of Common Stock by TAU.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F22">Sale of 10,400 shares of Common Stock by Compass Kazakhstan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F23">Sale of 62,400 shares of Common Stock by Kazakh Compass.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F24">Sale of 187,200 shares of Common Stock by TAU.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F25">The reporting person's sales of BMB Munai, Inc.'s (&quot;BMB's&quot;) common stock were matchable under Section 16(b) of the Securities
 and Exchange Act of 1934 with the reporting person's purchases of BMB's common stock.  Therefore, on the date of this filing
 the reporting person paid $1,650,292.57, representing the full amount of the profit realized in connection with the
 short-swing transactions, less transaction costs.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Mikhail Derkavski, as Director of JSC Compass Asset Management</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-07-03</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Mikhail Derkavski, as Director of Compass Asset Management Ltd.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-07-03</signatureDate>
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