COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
An American man who was arrested and has been detained over Narcoterrorism has asked a Nairobi court to deport him back to his country saying he is tired of Kenyan prison. Antoine Kassis told Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina that he was tired of staying in Kenyan police cell and wanted to go back home. […]
The high court will first hear the application challenging its jurisdiction to hear case barring JSC from removing Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu and Justice Mohammed Ibrahim from office before it goes to the main application. Justice Bahati Mwamuye on Thursday said that an application by lawyer Nelson Havi will be heard first before the […]
Former Journalist Moses Dola who was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for killing his wife a fellow journalist is now a free man after a judge released him following a successful review. Justice Alexander Muteti on Thursday granted his application for review and further directed the prison department to release him immediately unless he […]
Majority Leader Kimani Ichungwa has lost a bid to stay defamation proceedings by City Lawyer Danstan Omari at the lower court as high court dismisses his application with costs to Omari. Ichungwa had appealed the ruling issued by the magistrate court barring him from further tweeting about him on social media pending determination of case […]
A woman who accused her Househelp of stealing Sh 1 M from her house was on Wednesday put to task by defense lawyers to prove that it was her maid who took the money. Edna Kemunto Wanyara’s lawyer, Danstan Omari while cross-examining Zahara Mohammed confirmed to court that the maid might not have had access […]
The defense lawyers in a case case where former police commissioner and his two sons are charged with killing their farmhand over a wire mesh in 2023 has poked holes in the witness testimony of one of eye witnesses who claims he saw them committing the offense. Lawyers Danstan Omari and Ndengwa Njiru poked holes […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions has suffered a major setback in his quest to keep SSU officers in remand as Court of Appeal dismisses their application seeking to cancel their bail issued by the high court. The three judge bench on Wednesday put the DPP counsels to task to explain what facts they had that […]
A witness in the ongoing Shakahola massacre case was on Tuesday shocked to see his wife whom he thought was dead in court during his testimony against Preacher Paul Mackenzie and others for the deaths of the 238 victims. Stephen Mwiti who lost six children in Shakahola saw his wife who is charged alongside Mackenzie […]
Kenya Power and Lighting Company has asked the high court to strike out a case filed by an activistseeking to have it blocked from disconnecting electricity supply to essential facilities in all the 47 counties. In a preliminary objectiction KPLC claims that the high court has no jurisdiction to hear the petition and ought to […]
The high court has today extended orders barring the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) from hearing cases filed against Chief Justice Martha Koome and four other Supreme Court judges. Justice Lawrence Mugambi extended orders for CJ Koome and Judges Isaac Lenaola, Smokin Wanjala, William Ouko, and Njoki Ndung’u. Justice Mugambi ruled that the court will hear […]
