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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001038838-09-000148
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20090521

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	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	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
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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="3">POULTON &amp; YORDAN</font></b></p>

            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2">ATTORNEYS AT LAW</font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&nbsp;</p>

            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="1">RICHARD T. LUDLOW</font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2">May 20, 2009</font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">H. Roger Schwall</font></p>

            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Assistant Director</font></p>

            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>

            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Division of Corporate Finance</font></p>

            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>

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                            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">BMB Munai, Inc.Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2008</font></p>
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                            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">File No.: 1-33034</font></p>
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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Dear Mr. Schwall:</font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.52in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">At the request of the management of BMB Munai, Inc., (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;BMB Munai&rdquo;) we are responding to comments raised by the staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission in your letter dated May 11, 2009. Following are the Company&rsquo;s responses to your comments.</font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u><font size="2">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2008</font></u></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u><font size="2">Note 21 - Significant Fourth Quarter Adjustments, page F-39</font></u></p>

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                            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">We note your response to prior comment 5 in our letter dated April 9, 2009, and we are considering your proposed resolution of this issue. However, we do not believe that you have provided all of the requested information in our prior comment. Accordingly, we reissue prior comment number 5 as follows:</font></p>
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                            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Clarify when the tax laws changed which allowed you to offset taxable income with capital expenditures. Specify the date when the law was enacted.</font></p>
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                <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Mr. H. Roger Schwall</font></p>

                <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">May 20, 2009</font></p>

                <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Page 2</font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><b><font size="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Kazakhstani tax legislation is constantly changing and evolving. For example, in May 2008 Kazakhstan enacted an export duty for crude oil, which as reported in the Company&rsquo;s filings, directly affected the Company. This export duty was subsequently cancelled effective January 2009 with the enactment of a new Tax code which
            took effect January 1, 2009. In this environment, the Company felt that it used its best estimate in determining the expected effective annual tax rate for its fiscal year. As a result of the constantly changing tax code provisions, the Company used a conservative estimate. </font></b></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.52in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><b><font size="2">The Company was incorrect in previously communicating to you the effective date of the tax provision allowing capital expenditures to offset income to arrive at taxable income. In researching this specific issue the Company has determined that offsetting income received during the exploration stage with capitalized expenditures is stated in the Kazakh tax law, Tax Code #2235. This
            Code section was issued in April 24, 1990 (as amended March 29, 2000) and was applicable to the Company during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. This Tax Code #2235 was in place when the Company executed its exploration contract with the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. This Code provision simply allows income during the exploration stage (as defined in the law) to be offset with capitalized expenditures.</font></b></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><b><font size="2">(b)</font></b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><b><font size="2">There was no change in the tax law so there was no change in our effective rate. Please see response to&nbsp; comment #2. </font></b></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><b><font size="2">(c)</font></b><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><b><font size="2">There were no government imposed causes for the change in our effective tax rate for fiscal 2008. The effective tax rate used in the first three quarters of the March 31, 2008 fiscal year was the best estimate, at the time, of the expected, annual, effective tax rate. It was based on an approximate 34% rate
            and for each quarter of the fiscal year was applied in accordance with FIN 18, where the estimated annual effective tax rate was applied to the year-to-date ordinary income at the end of each quarter to compute the year-to-date tax. The interim period tax relating to ordinary income was the difference between the year-to-date amount and the amount reported for the previous interim periods for the fiscal year.</font></b></p>

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                            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">We note the restated quarterly financial data as provided in response to prior comment number 5. Please clarify how your restated estimated annual effective rate as of June 30, 2007, September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2007 complies with paragraphs 7 through 9 of FIN 18. In this respect, explain how you determined that the restated tax expense in each
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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.52in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><b><font size="2">The effective tax rate used in the restated quarters of the March 31, 2008 fiscal year was zero. It was applied in accordance with FIN 18, where the estimated annual effective tax rate was applied to the year-to-date ordinary income at the end of each quarter to compute the year-to-date tax. The interim period tax relating to </font></b></p>

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                <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Mr. H. Roger Schwall</font></p>

                <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">May 20, 2009</font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><b><font size="2">ordinary income was the difference between the year-to-date amount and the amount reported for the previous interim periods for the fiscal year. The taxes that had been estimated in the original quarterly calculations were basically reversed to arrive at the restated numbers.</font></b></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.52in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><font size="2">As additional commentary, the Company had an effective zero income tax expense in quarters ended June 30, 2007, September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2007 for the following reason:</font></b></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.52in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><font size="2">The Company&rsquo;s income is comprised primarily from operations in Kazakhstan. According to the Exploration Contract in the Republic of Kazakhstan, for income tax purposes the Company can use capitalized exploration and development costs as deductions against revenues received during the exploration stage to calculate taxable income. Therefore, the Exploration Contract, in
            effect, allows the Company to be exempt from Kazakhstan corporate income tax for the period of exploration phase.</font></b></p>

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                            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><font size="2">Also, and in addition, </font></b><i><b><font size="2">according to FAS 109 Paragraph 288:</font></b></i></p>
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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><i><b><font size="2">Temporary Difference. The Board believes it should be presumed that all undistributed earnings of a subsidiary will be transferred to the parent company. Accordingly, the undistributed earnings of a subsidiary included in consolidated income should be accounted for as a temporary difference unless the tax law provides a means by which the investment in a domestic subsidiary
            can be recovered tax free. However, for reasons described in FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, </font></b></i><u><i><b><font size="2">a deferred tax liability is not recognized for (a) an excess of the amount for financial reporting over the tax basis of an investment in a foreign subsidiary that meets the criteria in paragraph 12 of this Opinion</font></b></i></u><i><b><font size="2">and (b) undistributed earnings of a domestic subsidiary that arose in fiscal
            years beginning on or before December 15, 1992 and that meet the criteria in paragraph 12 of this Opinion.</font></b></i></p>

            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.52in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><b><font size="2">A deferred tax liability is not recognized for the following types of temporary differences unless it becomes apparent that those temporary differences will reverse in the foreseeable future: </font></b></p>

            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><i><b><font size="2">a.</font></b></i><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><u><i><b><font size="2">An excess of the amount for financial reporting over the tax basis of an investment in a foreign subsidiary</font></b></i></u><i><b><font size="2">or a foreign corporate joint venture as defined in APB Opinion No. 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock, that is essentially permanent
            in duration. </font></b></i></p>

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                <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Mr. H. Roger Schwall</font></p>

                <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">May 20, 2009</font></p>

                <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Page 4</font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><b><font size="2">The income from foreign operations is not recorded in the U.S. tax return unless the earnings are distributed to the parent by way of dividends or distributions. Since inception, BMB has never paid dividends and has reinvested all earnings into the Company. </font></b></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.52in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><font size="2">Therefore, a deferred liability for this foreign income does not need to be recognized on the consolidated financial statements.</font></b></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.48in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><b><font size="2">The Company feels that its accounting for the quarterly and annual income tax was appropriate except for the estimated annual effective tax rate of approximately 34% that was used in the original quarterly calculations as its best estimate.</font></b></p>

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                            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Please be mindful of the disclosure requirements of Form 8-K, Item 4.02, which requires you to file such exchange act form with all required disclosure of the form) when you have concluded that any previously issued financial statements should no longer he relied upon because of an error in the financial statements. Form 8-K is required to be filed
                            within four business days after you have reached such a conclusion.</font></p>
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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.48in; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><b><font size="2">The Company again proposes to address this issue prospectively. The Company believes that amending the quarterly reports for the first three fiscal quarters of 2008 is unnecessary, and that such amendments would be of little benefit to the market and investors for the following reasons which were presented in the previous response letter:</font></b></p>

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                            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><b><font size="2">none of the periods in question will appear for comparative purposes, or otherwise, in the quarterly reports of the Company going forward. The Company&rsquo;s next quarterly report will be for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. That report will include interim financial statements for the quarters ended June 30, 2009 and 2008. It will not present
                            comparative numbers for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, nor will subsequent quarterly reports present the comparative numbers for the quarters in question; </font></b></p>
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                            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><b><font size="2">the quarterly reports in question actually understate net income and earnings per share because the Company was recording an unnecessary tax expense during the periods in question. Amending those statements would have no value to the market or investors now; and</font></b></p>
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                            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><b><font size="2">the Company believes the filing of amended reports to correct an error in the calculation of deferred income tax expense during prior year fiscal quarters may create confusion in the market and among investors rather than provide greater clarity.</font></b></p>
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                <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Mr. H. Roger Schwall</font></p>

                <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">May 20, 2009</font></p>

                <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">Page 5</font></p>

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            <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you for your assistance in this matter. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact me directly.</font></p>

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                            <p><font size="2">Very truly yours,</font></p>
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                            <p><b><font size="2">POULTON &amp; YORDAN</font></b></p>
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                            <p><font size="2">/s/ Richard T. Ludlow</font></p>
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