Chief Magistrate Stella Atambo and Immigration Director-General Evelyne N. Cheluget have been spotlighted among Timely Kenya’s Top 20 Most Impactful Women in Kenya, in a recognition that celebrates women shaping national institutions and public service. The list, circulated under the Timely Kenya,highlights women drawn from leadership, governance, justice, media, and public administration. For Stella Atambo, […]

Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi has been cleared to resume practice before the Supreme Court after the court lifted restrictions that had barred him from appearing before the country’s highest judicial forum. In a ruling delivered by Chief Justice Martha Koome, the Supreme Court allowed an application filed on behalf of Ahmednasir seeking the setting aside […]

More than 20 advocates practicing before the Milimani Criminal Courts have petitioned Chief Justice Martha Koome to review an administrative directive requiring the immediate handover of part-heard and mature criminal matters following the recent transfer of magistrates. The petitioners argue that the directive, which they say applies uniformly regardless of the stage a case has […]

By: Vivian Navate The trial of comedian Eric Omondi, who is accused of causing obstruction and threatening members of the public along Parliament Road, took a dramatic turn yesterday as police witnesses faced a grueling cross-examination over their accounts of the June 4, 2024, incident. Appearing before Milimani Principal Magistrate Carolyne Nyaguthii on January 22, […]

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has nominated 15 candidates for appointment as Judges of the Court of Appeal after concluding a rigorous, transparent and highly competitive recruitment process conducted through live public interviews. In a statement released Tuesday evening , the Commission said it has concluded the recruitment and selection process and is now transmitting […]

A Tanzanian man has recounted a distressing experience at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) mortuary after arriving in Kenya to collect his late brother’s body for burial in Tanzania, only to discover that the remains had been mistakenly switched. According to the man, his brother’s body had been erroneously released and buried in Nyamira County, […]

The High Court has declared unlawful and unconstitutional a purported resolution seeking to dissolve the Amani National Congress (ANC), a political party associated with Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, ruling that it remains legally in existence. In its decision, the court found that the alleged resolution to dissolve the party violated the Constitution and failed […]

The High Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Small Claims Court Act but clarified that personal injury claims do not fall within the jurisdiction of the Small Claims Court. In its judgment, the court held that Section 12 of the Act excludes personal injury claims, noting that such disputes were not contemplated when the […]

High Court Judge Bahati Mwamuye has declared the creation of offices for 21 advisers to the President unconstitutional, faulting the process used to establish the positions and appoint the office holders. In his determination, Justice Mwamuye found that the actions that led to the establishment of the advisory offices by the 1st and 2nd respondents […]

The Milimani Magistrate’s Court has acquitted Michael Macharia Njiri, popularly known as DJ Brownskin, of charges linked to aiding suicide, after finding that the prosecution failed to prove its case. In a ruling delivered on Thursday morning, trial magistrate Carolyne Nyaguthii held that the evidence presented did not meet the required threshold of proof beyond […]