Chief Justice Martha Koome scored a major victory after a three-judge bench ruled that there were no valid grounds to challenge the team she appointed to hear a petition touching on proceedings currently before the Judicial Service Commission. Justices Charles Kariuki, Lawrence Mugambi and Bahati Mwamuye dismissed accusations that their empanelment was influenced by loyalty […]

NCBA Group PLC has suffered a setback after the High Court declined to stay a judgment that annulled the 2019 stamp duty exemption granted to the merger between NIC Group PLC and Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA). “The application is declined and dismissed,” court noted Justice Chacha Mwita on dismissed NCBA application for a stay […]

The suspect accused of killing a General Service Unit (GSU) officer stationed at State House will remain in police custody for an additional two weeks before taking plea on the murder charge. Kithuka Kimunyi Musyimi, who has been detained for over a month, was expected to take plea today before the High Court in Kibera. […]

A Nairobi court has ordered a police investigation officer to personally appear and account for how money was withdrawn from an accused person’s M-Pesa account using a PIN allegedly accessed during a phone confiscation. The directive was issued after police officer Charles Lotira, who is facing separate criminal charges, complained that unknown persons withdrew more […]

The High Court has stepped in to protect Lugari MP Nabii Daraja Nabwera from a wave of damaging online allegations after granting temporary orders stopping further publication of posts linking him to the disappearance and death of Munyuki High School Principal, Simon Isiaho Shange. In the urgent application filed on 10th November 2025, MP Nabwera […]

The murder case against Kennedy Kalombotole, the prime suspect accused of killing two patients inside Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) wards, has taken a new turn after his defense lawyer, Philip Maiyo, presented a medical report declaring him mentally unfit to stand trial. Kalombotole was scheduled to take plea today over the murders, but when the […]

A middle-aged woman has been charged in court for allegedly being in possession of ammunition without a valid firearm certificate, contrary to Kenya’s Firearms Act. Wanda Wanjiru Okisai was arrested at Hazina Trade Centre in Nairobi after police allegedly found her with one round of 9x19mm ammunition. The prosecution claims the ammunition was unlawfully obtained. […]

A member of the Busia Robusta Coffee Growers Farmers Cooperative Limited has been charged with defrauding a Tanzanian businessman of USD 47,600 (approximately Ksh 7.3 million) through a fake coffee supply deal. The suspect, Leonard Morice Murwayi, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina at the Milimani Law Courts, where he faced charges of obtaining […]

A court has recommended that three police officers face murder charges over the fatal shooting of four people during the 2022 Masimba protest, ruling that the victims died from gunshot wounds and that the officers’ testimony lacked credibility. In its findings delivered on November 12, 2025, the court said ballistic and postmortem reports conclusively showed […]

Bunge La Mwananchi has filed a constitutional petition at the High Court contesting a directive by the Nairobi County Government requiring all health facilities under its jurisdiction to open accounts with Sidian Bank. In the case, the petitioners Bunge La Mwananchi, Lawrence Oyugi, and Komrade Bush argue that the directive violates several constitutional provisions, including […]