COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
A man was today fined Sh20,000 or serve six months in jail after pleading guilty to being in possession of illicit brew contrary to the Law. Joseph Njoroge was charged that on November 7, 2025, at Ndarugo area in Juja Sub-County, Kiambu County, he was found with 20 litres of chang’aa, an illicit alcoholic drink, […]
The High Court has temporarily suspended the planned recruitment of police constables scheduled for November 17, 2025, reigniting a long-running dispute over who has the legal authority to hire officers into the National Police Service. Justice Bahati Mwamuye issued the conservatory orders following a petition filed by activist Eliud Matindi, who accused the Inspector General […]
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 […]
