COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
The Director of Public Prosecutions has urged the court to bar former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu from holding public office especially from vying for any political seat. While making submissions before his sentencing, the prosecution asked the magistrate to give a deterrent sentence and also consider the seriousness of the offense. Earlier in the day, […]
Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu alias Baba Yao was on Wednesday found guilty of corruption alongside his wife Susan Wangari and two others in the Sh 588 M. Waititu was charged alongside his wife and two other former County government officials with fraud, conflict of interest, dealing with suspect property, money laundering and abuse of […]
47 County assembly speakers have moved to court seeking to compel SRC to allocate them Sh 5 Million each for official cars and further Sh 200,000 monthly for maintenance of the cars. In a petition filed in court, the speakers argue that the decision by SRC to deny them car benefits was unconstitutional. The Speakers […]
A Nairobi court has issued warrant of arrest against a senior official of East Africa Development Bank (EADB) for allegedly giving false information in property dispute involving former Cabinet Secretary Raphael Tuju. However, magistrate Dolphina Alego put the warrant in abeyance for 24 hours pending production of on order of the high court that has […]
The appeal court judges have urged Inspector General Douglas Kanja and DCI Mohammed Amin to locate those people that are still missing and believed to have been abducted. In the case, Kanja and Amin have appealed the ruling by Justice Chacha Mwita which reiterated that they must appear in court in the habeas corpus case […]
A witness in the case where former Murang’a governor Mwangi Wa Iria has been charged with corruption has defended the awarding of a media and publicity tender to a firm linked to Wa Iria’s wife. James Kamau Kairu who was a former procurement officer in Murang’a County told a Nairobi court that the procurement process […]
City Lawyer Danstan Omari has sued Kenya Commercial Bank for erroneously listing his name to CRB for defaulting a 63,000 loan when he does not have an account with them. In a defamation suit filed in court, Omari through lawyer Shadrack Wambui says the case was a result of the injurious falsehood arising from false […]
Joseph Sunday Otieno and Bryan Oyare, the two suspects accused of brutally murdering Kilifi IEBC Manager Aisha Abubakar in her home earlier this year, were arraigned before a Mombasa court today.
Kenya Kwanza has suffered a major setback after a three judge bench ruled that it is not the majority party in parliament as had been declared by Speaker Moses Wetangula. In a landmark ruling, the bench ruled that the Speaker had no justifiable basis for the reassignments and quashed the desicion dates 6th October 2022 […]
