COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has launched an extensive recruitment exercise targeting Judges, Magistrates, and Kadhis, as part of its broader strategy to improve access to justice and ease the mounting case backlog across Kenyan courts. In a statement issued today by Chief Justice Martha Koome, who chairs the Commission, the JSC confirmed that the […]
A man posing as a traffic police officer is set to be charged with robbery with violence after allegedly stealing Ksh 999,000 from an Indian national in Nairobi. Ezekiel Muia Mutuku appeared on Monday before Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi at the Milimani Law Courts, where he was scheduled to face charges linked to the violent robbery. […]
A man posing as a traffic police officer is set to be charged with robbery with violence after allegedly stealing Ksh 999,000 from an Indian national in Nairobi. Ezekiel Muia Mutuku appeared on Monday before Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi at the Milimani Law Courts, where he was scheduled to face charges linked to the violent robbery. […]
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a petition filed by Eng. Peter Njaggah challenging his early retirement at the age of 60 despite his recent registration as a person with disability, which he argued entitled him to remain in public service until the age of 65. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justices Patrick Kiage, […]
Former Lands Minister Amos Kimunya has mounted a spirited defense against allegations of fraudulent disposal of public property, telling a Nairobi court that he acted within the law and in the best interests of the public. Testifying in his own defense, Kimunya dismissed the prosecution’s case as “baseless and unsubstantiated,” asserting that no credible witness […]
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Adriano Kithumbi, a man convicted of murdering his own brother, David Muthengi M’Ruanda, but reduced his life sentence to 25 years imprisonment. Kithumbi was found guilty of killing his brother on October 12, 2014, during a heated family dispute over land at their mother’s homestead. Testimony […]
The Court of Appeal has reduced the life sentence imposed on Moses Mutembei Muriithi to 40 years, despite upholding his conviction for the gruesome murder of Mary Nthama in October 2016. Muriithi was initially convicted by the High Court in Chuka for violently killing Nthama at his homestead in Kabaliange Village, Tharaka Nithi County. The […]
The Court of Appeal in Nyeri has allowed William Bundi Njeri, a convict serving a life sentence for defilement, to file an appeal out of time, citing the challenges he faced as a self-represented prisoner. In a ruling delivered by Justice S. ole Kantai, the judge acknowledged that Bundi’s appeal to the High Court had […]
The Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions and death sentences of two men who had been found guilty of a violent robbery that resulted in the death of a man at Sun Africa Bar in Isiolo in 2014. Justices Jamila Mohammed, J. Lesiit, and Ali-Aroni set aside the convictions of Samson Mwingirwa and Michael […]
The family of Hussein Abdirahman Mohamed is living a nightmare. The well-known Assistant County Commissioner and Huduma Centre Manager in Wajir vanished on Tuesday, July 8 and no one has heard from him since. Desperate for answers, his loved ones have now turned to the courts, filing an urgent application seeking to compel the state […]
