COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
A Nairobi court has declined to release the passport of IT expert and social media commentator Ndiang’ui Kinyagia, who is under active investigation over undisclosed offences. The court heard that documents seized from Kinyagia, including his passport and yellow fever card, are part of ongoing investigations, with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions […]
The Anti-Corruption Court in Milimani has directed that the passport of Dan Achola Okoth, son of former Migori Governor Okoth Obado, be released to facilitate a business trip abroad. However, the court ordered that before the travel, the defence counsel must furnish proof of the trip’s itinerary as well as documentation confirming Achola’s board membership […]
A dispute has emerged in Lugari after three Kakamega-based bloggers accused Member of Parliament Nabii Nabwere of being linked to the disappearance of a school principal. The allegations stem from a road accident that occurred on November 3 along the Eldoret–Malaba Highway involving Simon Isiaho Shange, the principal of Munyuki High School, who went missing […]
Trouble for Sarah Wairimu Kamotho, popularly known as Sarah Cohen, has deepened after the prosecution brought yet another criminal charge against her. Wairimu, who has been held at Lang’ata Women’s Prison over the alleged murder of her husband, Dutch businessman Tob Cohen, was on Friday arraigned before the Kibera Magistrates Court to answer charges of […]
The High Court in Nairobi has temporarily stopped the government from enforcing two contentious provisions of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2024, including one that allows the shutdown of social media platforms, pending the outcome of six petitions challenging the law. Justice Lawrence Mugambi, in a ruling delivered on Thursday, November 6, 2025, […]
Nearly three decades after the devastating 1998 US Embassy bombing in Nairobi, survivors have issued a fresh and urgent Call for Justice, decrying years of poverty, trauma, and government neglect. The victims, under the banner The Consortium which identifies itself as the only authentic body representing survivors and bereaved families have outlined four key demands […]
The Anti-Corruption Court in Nairobi has acquitted former Nairobi Governor Dr. Evans Kidero, former County Finance Chief Jimmy Kiamba, ex-County Secretary Lilian Ndegwa, and several others in a Ksh 213 million corruption case due to insufficient evidence. In his ruling, Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate Victor Wakumile determined that the prosecution failed to substantiate 17 graft […]
The Attorney General has moved to the High Court seeking to vacate conservatory orders that suspended the enforcement of sections of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2025. Through lawyer Paul Nyamodi, the AG filed an application under a certificate of urgency arguing that the orders, issued on October 22, 2025, were made ex […]
The Attorney General and the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) have asked the High Court to prioritize their application seeking to lift the suspension of sections of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act before any other applications are heard in the ongoing petitions. Appearing before Justice Lawrence Mugambi, lawyers representing the two offices argued that […]
By Vivian Navate Justice Alexander Muasya Muteti has faulted the prosecution for failing to take a 2021 murder case seriously after three accused persons remained in custody for over four years without trial or progress. The judge said there was “no seriousness in the prosecution of the matter,” noting that the rights of the accused […]
