COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
The government has suffered yet another setback after the high court annulled the government’s decision to channel all advertisements exclusively through the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is unconstitutional. Justice Lawrence Mugambi on Thursday quashed a directive issued by ICT Principal Secretary Edward Kisiang’ani in March last year, which required all government ministries, state agencies, independent […]
The feud between city lawyers Danstan Omari and Nelson Havi is far from over as it now spills over to the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC). This is after Omari wrote a letter to NCIC seeking action to be taken against Havi for tweeting about Kisii lawyers, saying it was incitement and hate speech. […]
A security guard who was killed alongside his Dutch employer, Rowenhorst Herman, allegedly by hitmen hired by his Kenyan wife, had only worked in the home for five days. A new witness, Khamis Bambo, who was Herman’s caretaker, told a Mombasa High Court judge, Wendy Micheni, that the late Evans Pole Bokoro had been employed […]
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has for the second time made an application to defer plea taking against two senior police officers facing allegations of harassment and Torture against a woman. The two police officers Rebecca Njeri Muraya and Abdisalam Ahmed were set to answer to charges of alleged Torture and ordering […]
The case against a University student who posted an image of a funeral procession depicting president Ruto with misleading captions will now proceed to full hearing. This is after a Nairobi court ordered that David Oaga Mokaya case will proceed to full trial after DPP declined to withdraw charges of publishing false information and sharing […]
WA man who allegedly obtained Sh 1.6 M by falsely pretending that he would distribute liquor at the Department of Defence (D.O.D) has been charged in court. Brian Birongo Motanya was arraigned before Milimani Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi and denied that on diverse dates between November 2022 and January 2023, he fraudulently obtained Ksh 1, 670,000. […]
The Nyeri Environment and Land Court has ruled that it has a jurisdiction to hear and determine a case challenging the move by the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) to build a 52 KM road passing through Aberdare National Park. The three judge bench dismissed the preliminary objection by the state saying it was not […]
Four prominent lawyers who were famous in representing pastor Ezekiel Odero during his woes have now taken up the fight to save Thika Chief Magistrate Stella Atambo. Lawyers led by Danstan Omari include Cliff Ombeta, Shadrack Wambui and Sam Nyaberi were in the limelight for the better part of 2023 fighting to give life back […]
One of the accused persons in late Lower Kabete MP George Muchai robbery with violence case has now claimed that his arrest in the case is because he had a personal grudge with one of the police officers in the case who they were dating the same girl. Stephene Astiva alias Kim Butcher was testifying […]
Thika Chief Magistrate Stella Atambo received a reprieve on Monday after the High Court issued temporary orders stopping the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from proceeding with her prosecution. The decision follows a petition challenging the legality of the case against her and the manner in which the search warrant was obtained. Through her lawyers, […]
