COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
IEBC CEO Marjan Hussein Marjan has been been cited for contempt of court for failing to pay Sh 200 M debt to an advertising firm WPP Scangroup which handled their communications during the 2017 general election. Justice Roselyne Aburili on Wednesday ruled that Marjan disobeyed a 2021 court order requiring the electoral commission to pay […]
Big blow to politicians as high court rules that carrying out political campaigns outside the election period violates fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution. The court said among the rights affected are the right to equality and equal protection of the law, the right to life, freedom from violence, the principle of impartiality, the right […]
The high-profile murder trial of six police officers accused of killing the Kianjokoma brothers has been postponed until July 2, 2025. The adjournment, which faced significant opposition, was granted after one of the accused officers, James Mwaniki Njohu, was hospitalized at Thika Level 5 Hospital due to complications. His father claims these health issues stem […]
Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga and PLP Party leader Martha Karua have taken Tanzania to the East African Court of Justice over their illegal detention and Deportation last month. They have moved to court alongside activists and human rights defenders, Gloria Kimani,Lynn Ngugi,Hussein Khalid and Hanifa Adan who were also deported from Tanzania. They also […]
A clerk attached to Makadara Law court was on Tuesday arraigned before a Milimani Anti-corruption court and charged with receiving a Sh 50,000 bribe from a litigant. Abdifatah Mohamed Hassan is accused of receiving a Sh 50,000 bribe in exchange for facilitating the processing of proceedings in a criminal case. It is alleged that on […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions and IPOA have not opposed to the release on bail of senior cops charged in the murder of baby Pendo. When the matter came up for hearing of bail application on Tuesday, both IPOA and DPP told court that they were not opposed to their release so long as they […]
The high court has been given the final chance to provide proof of the cancellation of the Ketraco tender awarded to the Adani Group as had been ordered by the court. Justice Bahati Mwamuye issued the directives after he was informed that the required proof of cancellation had not yet been filed. The state had […]
A man accused of defrauding an Eastleigh businessman of electronic goods worth Sh618,000 under false pretenses will remain in custody until Thursday, as the court deliberates on a bail application. Ahmed Ali Mohamed is being held at the Nairobi Area Remand and Allocation Prison in Industrial Area after pleading not guilty to charges of obtaining […]
Three Ugandan nationals Sifoli Sam Wafula, also known as Sande; Ongamba Alex, alias Totoo; and Mohamed Mûsa, alias Moha have been charged with two counts of violent robbery committed in Nairobi’s Eastleigh and Pangani neighborhoods in March and May. They are charged alongside a Kenyan accomplice, Clinton Wafula. The group is accused of robbing Eastleigh […]
The Makadara Law Courts in Nairobi have granted the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) permission to detain a nanny from Nyamira County for seven days, pending investigations into allegations of child theft. The suspect, Catherine Kerubo Masi, was arraigned before Senior Principal Magistrate Joseph Karanja on suspicion of abducting her employer’s two-day-old infant. According to […]
