COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
A public interest petitioner has moved to court challenging the continued stay in office of Silas Kinoti as the Director General of the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), claiming his term legally expired in June 2023. In court documents filed before the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi, Joseph Masambu accuses Kinoti of illegally […]
Martin Kipngania Komoi has been charged with forcibly detaining a parcel of land in Loresho, contrary to Section 91 of the Penal Code. Komoi, who appeared tense and visibly shaken as he faced the court, denied the allegations leveled against him by the prosecution. He maintained his innocence, stating that he did not unlawfully occupy […]
A man was on Thursday arraigned before a Nairobi court over allegations of forging documents related to a Ksh 50 million parcel of land located in South B, Nairobi. Hassan Ibrahim Issak appeared before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina at the Milimani Law Courts, where he faced multiple charges linked to a suspected land fraud scheme. […]
Joash Ochieng Ajwang has been arraigned at the Makadara Law Courts to face charges of rape and robbery with violence following an incident that allegedly occurred on June 22, 2025, in Reuben slums, Industrial Area, Nairobi County. Ajwang is accused of unlawfully raping a woman identified in court as NMK. He is further charged with […]
Brian Rono Kiprotich is accused of computer fraud contrary to section 26(1) of the computer misuse and cyber crimes act No.5 of 2018. The phone had been confiscated by IPOA for forensic analysis in relation to the investigations into Albert Ojwang murder. It was alleged that on the diverse date between 16th and 19th June […]
The murder trial of former Pangani-based police officer Ahmed Rashid has taken a new turn, with a set of sworn affidavits filed in court by key prosecution witnesses most of them fellow police officers affirming their willingness to testify in the case. In affidavits sworn in court, the officers from the Pangani Police Station and […]
Former Central Police Station OCS Samson Kiprotich Taalam and five others accused of murdering Albert Ojwang will remain in remand custody until September 26, 2025. Justice Diana Kavedza is expected to deliver a ruling on their bail and bond application on that date. Taalam, together with Police Constable James Mukhwana, officers Peter Kimani, John Ngige […]
A Nairobi man who viciously attacked his wife over claims of infidelity will serve a six-month jail term, following a guilty plea. George Otieno was sentenced by Senior Resident Magistrate Wandia Nyamu at a Nairobi court after admitting to assaulting his wife, Elizabeth Eshiwani, in a violent incident that unfolded on July 20, 2025, at […]
Police officer Ahmed Rashid who was charged with murder has issued a stern demand to Nation Media Group, accusing the media house of publishing false and damaging information in relation to his ongoing murder trial. In a demand letter dated 30th July 2025, addressed to the editorial offices of Nation Media Group Rashid’s legal team […]
A 25-year-old man has been charged with grievous harm after allegedly stabbing and severely injuring a young woman during a violent robbery incident near one of the hotels inside the JKIA airport. Brian Ngolya, the suspect, appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Wandia Nyamu at the Makadara Law Courts, where he was charged with unlawfully causing […]
