COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
The High Court has stopped the sale of a prime property in Eldoret and revoked a further partial confirmed grant in the estate of the late senior advocate Paul Gicheru Njoroge, after finding that key succession proceedings were conducted in violation of the right to a fair hearing. In a ruling delivered on December 18, […]
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations, through the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU), has moved to court seeking 15 days to complete investigations into alleged terrorism-related activities involving a Turkish national arrested in Nairobi. The suspect, Ahmet Mustafa Gungor, was arrested in the early hours of December 21, 2025 at the Standard Gauge Railway Nairobi Terminus shortly […]
Busia Governor Paul Nyongesa Otuoma has been ordered to personally appear before the Environment and Land Court to explain why he should not be committed to civil jail for contempt of court over disputed public land in Busia County. In a ruling delivered on December 17, Environment and Land Court Judge Boaz Olao found that […]
The High Court has barred the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) from proceeding with complaints and petitions against judges until it formally gazettes regulations governing how such complaints should be handled. In a decision delivered in Petition No. E110 of 2025, the court found that the JSC has, since 2011, failed to operationalise regulations required under […]
The High Court has ordered the forfeiture of assets worth Sh76.2 million belonging to former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu and the recovery of a parcel of land valued at Sh3 million owned by his wife. The court found that Waititu and his spouse failed to satisfactorily explain how they acquired the properties, terming them unexplained […]
President William Ruto has suffered a setback after the High Court issued conservatory orders stopping the implementation of the health cooperation framework between Kenya and the United States pending the hearing and determination of a constitutional petition. The court barred the government from operationalising, executing, or taking any steps to implement the framework in its […]
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has been put on notice over what lawyers describe as serious and persistent disability-related accessibility failures at the Milimani Law Courts, with a formal demand issued calling for immediate remedial action. In a letter dated December 18, 2025, Lawyer Danstan Omari wrote to the JSC warning that the current state […]
The High Court has barred businessman Kung’u Muigai from publishing or circulating statements alleging that Supreme Court Judge Isaac Lenaola received a bribe to influence a court decision. The order was issued in a ruling arising from an application dated September 30, 2025, in which Justice Lenaola sued Muigai for defamation over claims made on […]
The High Court has lifted restrictions that had barred Marie Stopes Kenya from offering abortion services, post-abortion care, and related public information, after finding that the directives were issued without legal authority. Justice Chacha Mwita quashed decisions made by the Kenya Films and Classification Board (KFCB), the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC), and […]
