COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
The Director of Kipsigis Stores Ltd was on Monday charged before a Nairobi court with defrauding Diamond Trust Bank Limited of Sh 30.8 Million through fraudulent loans. Samuel Mutai was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina where he denied defrauding the bank. It was alleged that he defrauded Diamond Trust Bank Sh 30,888,000 by means […]
The Transport Licensing Appeals Board has temporarily suspended National Transport and Safety Authority’s (NTSA) decision to revoke the operating license of the Super Metro fleets. This is a big relief for hundreds of Super Metro buses that had been barred from going to the road by NTSA over alleged flouting of traffic rules. Super Metro […]
A senior police officer who is among 11 police officers set to be charged with the murder of baby pendo has lost a bid to stop their prosecution. This is after the court of appeal dismissed a case filed by Titus Mutune seeking to stop their prosecution at the high court. The senior police officers […]
Thika Law Courts Chief Magistrate Stella Atambo has moved to court seeking to compel the EACC to release her official phone, which was confiscated, arguing that the move has crippled operations at the courts as she needs her phone to work. In an application through lawyers Danstan Omari and Shadrack Wambui, Atambo argues that the […]
The driver of popular Matatu Moneyfest which is associated George Ruto son to President William Ruto was on Friday charged before a Nairobi court with various traffic offenses. Leonard Kituu was arraigned before Senior Principal Magistrate Eric Wambo and denied five counts ranging from obstruction, driving on the wrong lane,driving a Public Service Vehicle (PSV) without a uniform and […]
A chief from Wajir County was on Friday arraigned before a Nairobi court for allegedly being found in possession of an identity card with altered details. Abdullahi Abdi Sheikh appeared in court alongside Veronica Njenga, a senior clerical officer at Huduma Center, Nairobi City Square. It was alleged of he knowingly changed his year of […]
The National Assembly has suffered a major setback yet again after the court of appeal declined to suspend the High Court’s ruling on the ongoing party majority dispute. The three judge bench said there was no sufficient evidence to prove that parliamentary business would grind to a halt if the orders were not granted. The […]
A fake car city dealer was on Thursday charged before a Nairobi court with fraudulently obtaining Mitsubishi Pajero car valued at Sh 2.5 M. Clinton Wambu Githinji appeared before Milimani Law Courts Magistrate Dolphina Alego where he denied the charges. It was alleged that on or about July 24, 2024 he fraudulently misrepresented himself as […]
Three directors of Tareef Enterprises Ali Sheikh Hassan, Ahmed Mohamed Karshf and Abdulaziz Mohamed Karshf were charged with obtaining cement, bitumen and paraffin valued at Sh 7.8 million. It is alleged that on diverse dates between January 2019 and December 2020 they fraudulently obtained the money from John Mwaniki Kiarie by falsely pretending they were […]
