A Nairobi court has ordered the detention of a woman accused of conspiring to steal 11 containers of bitumen valued at more than Sh19 million belonging to the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC). Senior Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo on Wednesday directed that Joy Naomi Jelimo be held at Capitol Hill Police Station for one […]

A 66-year-old man accused of swindling another individual out of Sh2.5 million in a fraudulent housing scheme has been released on bail. Zablon Rashid Minyonga appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo, where he faced charges of obtaining money by false pretences. The prosecution told the court that between March 2019 and September 2022, Minyonga […]

Businessman Rajendra Shanghani has told a Nairobi court how he secretly recorded city debt collector Samuel Brian Yongo Otumba allegedly threatening to kill him. Testifying before Magistrate Peter Mutai, Rajendra said Yongo warned him that not even former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko could protect him. “I recorded Yongo using my iPhone 16 and saved the […]

The suspects John Oboni Odidi, Phostine Hesbon, Christiano Nangole and Nelson Wafukho are accused of siphoning Ksh 7,882,845 from various accounts domiciled at the said Bank. According to the prosecution, the suspects on January 11, 2025 at unknown place within the republic of Kenya, jointly with others conspired to defraud Sidian Bank of Kenya Ksh […]

A lobby group, Sheria Mtaani, has defended the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga against accusations that he is responsible for the rising number of case withdrawals in court. Through its founder, Shadrack Wambui, the group stated that the DPP’s decisions on whether or not to prosecute are guided strictly by law and his […]

A Nairobi-based medical doctor has been fined Ksh 200,000 after being convicted of causing death by dangerous driving in a fatal accident that occurred in Ngara. Dr. Moses Njoroge Ndung’u was on Thursday convicted by Milimani Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Osarigo for fatally knocking down pedestrian Kijendi Kithome near the Fig Tree area. The court was […]

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko has petitioned the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to annul the outcome of Kenya’s CHAN 2025 quarter-final clash against Madagascar, citing what he terms as biased and unlawful officiating. In the petition filed under Article 43 of the CAF Statute, Sonko through lawyer Arnold Oginga argues that Harambee Stars […]

Three individuals were on Friday arraigned before a Nairobi court over allegations of forging the last Will and testament of their deceased relative, Dr. Cyrus Gathirua Ndiritu. The accused Irene Wanjiru Ndiritu, Danson Ndiritu Gathirua, and Alex Karuki Gathirua are alleged to have conspired to falsify the Will of the late Dr. Ndiritu with the […]

Chief Justice Martha Koome has urged closer cooperation between Parliament and the Judiciary, warning that Kenya’s constitutional promise of social transformation cannot be achieved if institutions continue working in isolation. Speaking in Mombasa during the inaugural Joint Forum of the National Assembly and the Judiciary, Koome described the event as historic, noting that it embodied […]