COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
Businesswoman Esther Muthoni Muiruri, has been handed a 21-month jail term after being convicted in a multi-million-shilling fraud and forgery scandal. Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi found Muiruri guilty of various counts of obtaining money by false pretence, forgery, and uttering false documents. The case arose from a complaint filed by businessman Duncan Maraga […]
The High Court has issued orders halting the planned privatization of the Kenya Pipeline Company Limited (KPC), pending the outcome of a petition filed by the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK). Justice Bahati Mwamuye granted a conservatory order restraining the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury & Economic Planning, the Privatisation Authority, and other respondents from […]
Police officers from Capitol Hill Police Station have interrogated eight employees from the accounts department of the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives Ltd (Kuscco) following formal complaints lodged by the union’s legal representatives. The questioning is part of an ongoing investigation that could lead to multiple arrests of Kuscco employees implicated in a […]
Three individuals accused of posing as officials of the Social Health Authority (SHA) to defraud members of the public have been arraigned in a Nairobi court. Millycent Makena Mwiti, Paul Muga Okoth, and Bildad Steve appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego at Milimani Law Courts,where they denied multiple counts of obtaining money by false […]
A Nairobi woman has been charged at the Milimani Law Courts with defrauding a complainant of over KSh 36 million. Lilian Wangui Odwoma, also known as Lilian Weru, is accused of conspiring with others still at large to defraud Elizabeth Wanjiku Muigai of USD 50,000 and KSh 30 million between May 6 and May 20, […]
The High Court in Nairobi has ordered Pumwani Maternity Hospital to pay Sh 7.5 million in compensation to woman whose baby died and uterus was removed following what the court termed as negligent and degrading treatment. Justice Lawrence Mugambi found that on October 19, 2019, the hospital staff delayed taking the expectant mother to theatre […]
The High Court has dismissed a petition by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) seeking sweeping protections for advocates from arrest, prosecution, or harassment while representing clients. In the case filed in 2019, LSK accused the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Inspector-General of Police, and other state agencies of intimidating lawyers, forcing them to […]
The High Court has dismissed a constitutional petition seeking to block four senior political figures and advisers from attending Cabinet meetings, ruling that the petitioners failed to provide credible evidence of their alleged permanent inclusion. Justice Lawrence Mugambi dismissed the petitions that were challenging President William Ruto’s Executive Order No. 2 of 2023, which allegedly […]
The High Court in Nairobi has dismissed a constitutional petition seeking to abolish the mandatory retirement age for both public and private sector workers, declaring the age limits lawful and non-discriminatory. In the case Charles Chege Gitau v State Law Office & Federation of Kenya Employers & Others (HCCHRPET/E085/2024), Justice Lawrence N. Mugambi rejected arguments […]
Former nominated senator Gloria Orwoba has suffered a legal setback after the High Court declined to hear her petition challenging her ouster from UDA. The court has instead directed her to take the matter to the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT). Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the case while […]
