A Nyamira-based journalist has filed an appeal at the High Court seeking release from civil jail, claiming he was jailed without being given a fair hearing. Through his lawyer, Danstan Omari, Daniel Nyakundi, also known as Evans Nyakundi, argued that he was unaware of a case lodged against him by Dr. Asenath Maobe or the […]

A Nairobi court has released a man accused of distributing pirated digital copies of Nation Media Group newspapers through WhatsApp. Jackson Wangigi Kariuki, who was arraigned before Senior Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo at the Milimani Law Courts, was granted a personal bond of Ksh 100,000 after a medical report indicated he might not be mentally […]

Human rights activists have petitioned the High Court to stop the implementation of President William Ruto’s recently established Presidential Panel of Experts on Compensation of Victims of Demonstrations and Public Protests, terming it unconstitutional and a misuse of taxpayers’ money. In an urgent application, Dr. Magare-Gikenyi B., Eliud Karanja Matindi, Philemon Abuga Nyakundi, and Dishon […]

The Kahawa Law Courts has granted prosecutors 30 more days to review case files in the ongoing Mawego Police Station arson case. Eight individuals are accused of setting the station ablaze and are facing multiple charges linked to the incident. Senior Principal Magistrate Richard Koech issued the extension during a mention of the case, setting […]

A Nairobi court has ordered the detention of a woman accused of conspiring to steal 11 containers of bitumen valued at more than Sh19 million belonging to the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC). Senior Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo on Wednesday directed that Joy Naomi Jelimo be held at Capitol Hill Police Station for one […]

A 66-year-old man accused of swindling another individual out of Sh2.5 million in a fraudulent housing scheme has been released on bail. Zablon Rashid Minyonga appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo, where he faced charges of obtaining money by false pretences. The prosecution told the court that between March 2019 and September 2022, Minyonga […]

Businessman Rajendra Shanghani has told a Nairobi court how he secretly recorded city debt collector Samuel Brian Yongo Otumba allegedly threatening to kill him. Testifying before Magistrate Peter Mutai, Rajendra said Yongo warned him that not even former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko could protect him. “I recorded Yongo using my iPhone 16 and saved the […]

The suspects John Oboni Odidi, Phostine Hesbon, Christiano Nangole and Nelson Wafukho are accused of siphoning Ksh 7,882,845 from various accounts domiciled at the said Bank. According to the prosecution, the suspects on January 11, 2025 at unknown place within the republic of Kenya, jointly with others conspired to defraud Sidian Bank of Kenya Ksh […]

A lobby group, Sheria Mtaani, has defended the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga against accusations that he is responsible for the rising number of case withdrawals in court. Through its founder, Shadrack Wambui, the group stated that the DPP’s decisions on whether or not to prosecute are guided strictly by law and his […]