The Director of Public Prosecutions has directed that a public inquest be conducted to establish the circumstances surrounding the death of Daystar University student Lonah Kathambi, who fell from the 11th floor of Harmony Plaza in Ngara, Nairobi. The decision follows the presentation of CCTV footage and a toxicology report by the Directorate of Criminal […]

The dispute pitting thirteen public service vehicle companies against the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) and the Nairobi County Government has taken a new turn after the High Court allowed more time for negotiations to continue. When the matter, HCCHRPET E748/2025 Kinatwa Sacco Society & Kam Sacco & 11 Others vs EPRA & Nairobi […]

A public-interest lobby has moved to the High Court seeking urgent orders to reinstate the security details of Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya and Kakamega Senator Bonny Khalwale, claiming the State acted unlawfully and in bad faith when it withdrew their protection. In the new petition, the Center for Litigation Trust says the two leaders […]

The High Court has handed Kenyans a significant reprieve after Justice Bahati Mwamuye struck down the government’s plan to impose a 10 percent import duty on crude oil, declaring the decision unconstitutional, null and void. In the judgment, the court found that the State introduced the levy without involving the public or seeking the approval […]

The High Court has nullified the entire procurement for the supply, installation and maintenance of the Excisable Goods Management System (EGMS), ruling that the process was riddled with illegality and violated constitutional standards of transparency and fairness. In a judgment delivered by Justice Bahati Mwamuye, the court held that the State acted irrationally in awarding […]

Two teachers have taken the Teachers Service Commission to court, seeking to halt a directive that would move all teachers and their dependents from the long-running MINET medical insurance scheme to the newly created Social Health Authority (SHA). The case has been filed at the Kisumu Employment and Labour Relations Court by petitioners Peter Kodhek […]

The High Court has declined to issue gag orders sought by real estate developer Ejidio Kinyanjui, who wanted Nation Media Group and two of its editors barred from publishing or referencing any reports linking him to alleged fraudulent housing projects. Justice Prof. Nixon Sifuna ruled that the orders sought were too extreme and would amount […]

The government has been pushed back to the drawing board after Attorney General Dorcas Oduor advised the Treasury Cabinet Secretary to fully comply with Justice Chacha Mwita’s orders stopping the collection of the KSh50 e-Citizen convenience fee. The advisory came shortly after the Court of Appeal declined to issue a stay of execution, meaning Justice […]

A matatu driver who sped away from a traffic police officer along Valley Road has been fined Ksh 70,000 after telling a Nairobi court that he fled the scene because he was suffering from sudden, acute diarrhoea. Donald Owuor Ndeda, the driver of a Ganya Sacco minibus, Isuzu KDQ 547R, appeared before the Milimani Magistrates […]