COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
The Environment and Land Court in Nairobi has halted all planned evictions, relocations, and demolitions in the SEPU area of Mukuru Kwa Njenga, granting residents temporary protection amid rising fears of forced displacement. Delivering orders on 11 December 2025, Justice Christine A. Ochieng issued a conservatory order suspending any action by state agencies or private […]
Nominated Senator Hezena Lemaletian has secured a major personal victory after the Milimani Law Courts granted her permanent protection orders against her former fiancé, bringing an emotional end to a breakup that had spiralled into fear, anxiety and public tension. The case, heard before Magistrates Terer, stemmed from what had once been a hopeful engagement […]
The High Court has issued conservatory orders suspending the implementation of the Health Cooperation Framework entered between the Government of Kenya and the United States on 4 December 2025. In the interim orders, Justice Lawrence Mugambi directed that the State must halt any steps toward enforcing the agreement, but only to the extent that it […]
A digital communication company has sued East African Breweries PLC (EABL) and a marketing agency for allegedly failing to pay a contractual sum of KSh10 million for work done during the Furaha City Festival held on 7th December 2024. In the suit filed before the High Court in Nairobi, Steizon Limited owned by Raburu through […]
The family of Beatrice Wairimu Mbugua, popularly known as Betty Bayo, is demanding a formal inquest into her sudden and unexplained death, accusing authorities of concealing critical information and failing to follow proper procedures. In a letter dated December 9, 2025, addressed to the Director of Public Prosecutions, the family’s lawyers Omenke Andeje & Company […]
Twenty-six suspects arrested in a DCI-led operation targeting a syndicate accused of fraudulently issuing vital government documents were on Tuesday arraigned before Magistrate Gideon Kiage at the Kahawa Law Courts. The group comprising officials from the National Registration Bureau, clerical officers from the Directorate of Immigration, assistant chiefs, technicians, businessmen, and freelance brokers faces allegations […]
A fresh legal battle has landed before the Employment and Labour Relations Court after Sheria Mtaani, led by activist Shadrack Wambuli, filed a judicial review application seeking to stop the government from allowing newly appointed members of the Privatization Commission to assume office. In the urgent application, Sheria Mtaani argues that the seven commissioners appointed […]
A Nairobi man has sued his ex-wife seeking a share of several high-end properties he says were secretly acquired during their 32-year marriage. Francis Julius Ogallo has filed an originating summons at the Milimani Family Division asking the court to compel his former wife, Gladys Ong’ayo Ogallo, to disclose and account for all assets registered […]
Three men Harish Ramji Manji, Ashvin Ramji Manji, and Bharat Ramji Manji were expected to take plea today in a high-value land fraud case involving a 3.043-hectare parcel belonging to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), but the proceedings stalled after the court was informed of an existing Court of Appeal order temporarily halting their […]
A father has rushed to court and successfully obtained a temporary injunction stopping his daughter’s planned wedding, setting the stage for an urgent family showdown just a day before the ceremony. In the case filed at the Milimani Commercial Magistrates Court, Francis Julius Ogallo told the court that the wedding set for Saturday, December 6 […]
