A group of Congolese doctors working in Kenya has moved to the High Court to challenge what they describe as an arbitrary decision by the Ministry of Health that has locked them out of medical practice after years of service in the country. In a judicial review application filed in Nairobi, the doctors want the […]

The High Court has barred the government from procuring private advocates and law firms to represent public entities, pending the hearing and determination of a case filed by Dr. Benjamin Gikenyi Magare, Okiya Omtatah Okoiti and others. In directions issued on January 12, 2026, Nakuru High Court Judge Samuel Mukira Mohochi certified the matter as […]

Okiya Omtatah has asked the Court of Appeal to dismiss an application seeking to suspend conservatory orders that halted the implementation of the Health Cooperation Framework. In written submissions opposing the application, Omtatah argues that the applicants have failed to satisfy the strict legal test under Rule 5(2)(b) of the Court of Appeal Rules, 2010. […]

By: Cyrus Kimanga Two suspects arrested in Nairobi’s Nyama Kima area over the alleged trafficking of 565 kilograms of cannabis have been detained at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Law Courts pending the preparation of a pre-bail report by the probation department. The suspects, who are from the Luo Nyanza region, were allegedly transporting […]

By: Vivian Navate A proprietor of a private medical facility in Kakamega County has been charged at the Milimani Law Courts over an alleged scheme to defraud the Social Health Authority (SHA) of more than KSh 2.5 million through falsified medical claims. Josephat Ouma Omoto, the proprietor of Zion Ahadi Mediclinic Limited, was arraigned facing […]

By: Bramuel Wanzala Josphat Kamau Chege, 28, has been sentenced to one year for the theft of metal grills belonging to the Kenya Railways Corporation. However, the Milimani Chief Magistrate, Dolphina Alego, ruled that Chege will only serve the time if he commits another offense within the next 12 months a legal arrangement known as […]

By: Bramuel Wanzala A Nairobi man has been arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts on multiple counts of obtaining money by false pretenses after allegedly defrauding a family of more than Sh500,000 by promising non-existent jobs in Denmark. Daniel Mbithi Kyalo appeared before the court following his arrest on Wednesday. Prosecutors told the court that […]

By: Cyrus Kimanga A sombre mood engulfed a Nairobi court on Wednesday after it observed 30 seconds of silence following the death of a suspect linked to BBC blood Parliament documentary arising from the June 2024 anti-finance protests, during which Gen Z demonstrators stormed the National Assembly. The matter, a miscellaneous application that has been […]

The government has been stopped from implementing the Standards (Standards Levy) Order, 2025, after the High Court issued interim orders maintaining the status quo pending further directions. The orders followed a petition filed by a political party, the Green Thinking Action Party (GTAP), challenging the constitutionality and legality of Legal Notice No. 136 of 2025, […]