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Court Summons Officer After Cash Vanishes from accused Confiscated Phone.

A Nairobi court has ordered a police investigation officer to personally appear and account for how money was withdrawn from an accused person’s M-Pesa account using a PIN allegedly accessed during a phone confiscation. The directive was issued after police officer Charles Lotira, who is facing separate criminal charges, complained that unknown persons withdrew more […]

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Nairobi Woman Charged with Possession of Ammunition Without Firearm License

A middle-aged woman has been charged in court for allegedly being in possession of ammunition without a valid firearm certificate, contrary to Kenya’s Firearms Act. Wanda Wanjiru Okisai was arrested at Hazina Trade Centre in Nairobi after police allegedly found her with one round of 9x19mm ammunition. The prosecution claims the ammunition was unlawfully obtained. […]

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Busia Cooperative Member in Court Over Alleged Sh7.3 Million Coffee Fraud

A member of the Busia Robusta Coffee Growers Farmers Cooperative Limited has been charged with defrauding a Tanzanian businessman of USD 47,600 (approximately Ksh 7.3 million) through a fake coffee supply deal. The suspect, Leonard Morice Murwayi, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina at the Milimani Law Courts, where he faced charges of obtaining […]

2022 Masimba protest News

Court Orders Murder Charges Against Three Officers Over Killing of Masimba Protest Victims

A court has recommended that three police officers face murder charges over the fatal shooting of four people during the 2022 Masimba protest, ruling that the victims died from gunshot wounds and that the officers’ testimony lacked credibility. In its findings delivered on November 12, 2025, the court said ballistic and postmortem reports conclusively showed […]

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Bunge La Mwananchi Moves to Court to Challenge Nairobi County’s Directive Linking Health Facilities to Sidian Bank

Bunge La Mwananchi has filed a constitutional petition at the High Court contesting a directive by the Nairobi County Government requiring all health facilities under its jurisdiction to open accounts with Sidian Bank. In the case, the petitioners Bunge La Mwananchi, Lawrence Oyugi, and Komrade Bush argue that the directive violates several constitutional provisions, including […]

Photo of high-voltage earthing cables and copper components used by Safaricom, KETRACO, and American Telecommunications News

Bags of Copper Worth Sh1.6 Million Produced in Court as Woman Denies Handling Stolen Power Equipment

Several bags of copper cables valued at more than Sh1.6 million were presented before a Nairobi court as evidence in a case where a woman is accused of handling stolen energy materials belonging to key utility firms. Investigating officer Nicholas Ole Sina told the court that the recovered items included high-voltage earthing cables and copper […]

Ruto’s Panel Defends Protest Victims Compensation Plan News

Ruto’s Panel Defends Protest Victims Compensation Plan as Legal, Compassionate and Accountable

President William Ruto’s 18-member taskforce on compensation for victims of police brutality and protest-related injuries has told the court that its establishment was lawful, humane, and aimed at addressing long-standing injustices against Kenyans who suffered during public unrests. Led by Professor Makau Mutua, the panel argued that for years, victims of protest violence have been […]