COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
The state has been ordered to pay Parbat Siyani Construction Limited over Sh 39 million for unlawfully terminating a contract for the provision and installation of a prefabricated exhibition center at the KICC grounds. However, Justice Lawrence Mugambi has stayed the decision for 28 days to allow the government to review and appeal the ruling. […]
A key witness in a high profile gold scam case who had been threatened by the accused in the matter has been drugged in Dubai and is currently admitted in hospital. In the case, Jean Emmanuel Morlon, also known as Lamarca, the director of Afrex Bridge Connections Limited is accused of fraudulently obtaining over Sh […]
The case that was filed by against police officers challenging their conduct during last year’s demonstrations will now proceed to full hearing. This is after the high court on Thursday dismissed an application by the police seeking to dismiss the case by LSK. Justice Lawrence Mugambi in his ruling said the court has jurisdiction to […]
A police officer attached to the VIP protection detail of Safaricom CEO has been charged with the murder of a fellow officer during a bar brawl in Ruaraka. Ezekiel Kipkoech Tarus was arraigned before Makadara high court Judge James Wakiaga where he was formally charged with the murder of Raphael Kimuli Wambua, a police officer […]
An officer attached to Safaricom CEO security who was arrested after shooting dead an officer Raphael Wambua attached to CBK during an altercation at a bar will be charged with murder. PC Ezekiel Kipkoech Tarus was arraigned before the magistrate where the prosecution moved court to have the miscellaneous file against him closed informing court […]
The Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula wants the court to remove his name from a case challenging the procurement of 25 traffic cameras at an alleged cost of Sh 1.6 billion by the Ministry of Transport. In the case, Law Society of Kenya (LSK) moved to court seeking accountability over the procurement process […]
A woman has told a Mombasa court that two of his sisters were the founders of Good News International Church in Malindi together with their husbands and controversial preacher Paul Mackenzi. Gertrude Luvuno Deche claimed two of his sisters one still missing and the other located through a DNA samples helped Mackenzie set up the […]
A Police officer attached to Parliament and suspected to have killed a fellow officer and injured another officer after a shooting incident has been detained for five days to allow police complete investigations PC Limo Kosgey Nahashon was arrested after he allegedly shot two police officers at Gigiri police station canteen on the night of […]
The primary suspect John Matara who is charged with killing Starlet Wahu in cold blood left the Air BnB they had booked with only a towel that had blood stains. Matara is facing murder charges for killing Starlet Wahu, the sister to pastor Kanyari on January 3, 2024 in an Air BnB they had booked. […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions on Tuesday lost a bid to keep holding a police officer suspected to have shot and killed a colleague for five more days. This is after a Nairobi court gave the state 24 hours ultimatum to decide either to charge the Police officer accused of murdering his colleague officer or […]
