The Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association (KMJA) has condemned what it calls a rising wave of intimidation and online harassment targeting members of the Judiciary. In a statement issued on October 31, 2025, KMJA expressed outrage over an incident at Maua Law Courts, where a magistrate was blocked and insulted by a group of advocates […]

Four police officers attached to Mai Mahiu Police Station have been detained for ten days pending investigations into the alleged murder of their colleague. The officers Jim Muriithi, Emmanuel Sang, Antony Wang’ombe, and Joshua Keter were arraigned before Naivasha Chief Magistrate Abdikadir Lorot after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) sought to hold them for […]

A United States national, Hudeife Muhumed, will remain in custody for 21 days pending extradition proceedings after a Nairobi court allowed an application by the prosecution. Muhumed was arrested on October 29, 2025, in Ongata Rongai following a warrant of arrest issued by the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota on July […]

Kennedy Njukia, a director at Manyota Investment Limited, has told the Milimani Law Courts how his company lost KSh 1.6 million to a man who claimed he could help execute an eviction order from the Mavoko Law Courts. The accused, Credious Nyamwenge Oigara, has been charged with obtaining money by false pretence. The court heard […]

Robinson Warui Mureithi has denied stealing computers and electronics worth KSh 73.7 million from a shop in Nairobi’s CBD. According to the charge sheet, the incident happened on the night of October 15th and 16th, 2025, at Tembo Building, where Mureithi and others said to be at large allegedly broke into Angeltech Computers and took […]

A Catholic missionary was on Thursday arraigned before a Nairobi court over allegations of stealing from a deceased person’s estate. Tom Waiharo Njoroge, a missionary serving in Kenya’s North Eastern region, was accused of unlawfully transferring property belonging to the late Joseph Sante Ole Shoona without the consent of the estate’s administrators. According to the […]

The High Court has declined to suspend the upcoming Banissa by-election, instead directing that the case challenging the eligibility of UDA candidate Ahmed Maalim Hassan be heard on a priority basis. Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled that the petition and the accompanying application be consolidated and heard together, emphasizing that the matter must proceed without delay. […]

Former Kenya Sevens rugby player Alex Olaba has suffered a major setback after the High Court dismissed his appeal and upheld his six-year prison sentence for attempting to kill a witness in a gang-rape case. In a detailed ruling, the court found that the conviction by the trial court was properly grounded and that the […]

The National Police Service (NPS) has secured a major victory after the Employment and Labour Relations Court declared that the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has no constitutional authority to recruit police officers. Justice Hellen Wasilwa, in a landmark judgment, ruled that the recent recruitment exercise advertised by the NPSC was unconstitutional and therefore null […]

The Judiciary has announced that it will conduct an institution-wide Employee Census on Thursday, October 30, 2025, as part of its continued efforts to strengthen human capital management and enhance transparency within the institution. According to a statement signed by Chief Justice Martha Koome, the exercise aligns with the Judiciary’s ongoing commitment to proactive reform […]