COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
The DPP has asked the court to mete out to ex-Governor Moses Lenolkulal and his co-accused the harshest sentence including being barred from ever holding public office. The DPP argued that the purpose of a sentence should be to make inference that Individuals in the positions of leadership won’t go unpunished should they commit corruption. […]
A man accused of assaulting his wife appeared before the Milimani Court on Wednesday, facing charges of domestic violence. Mbuguah Njiraini John stood before Magistrate Martha Nanzushi and pleaded not guilty to the assault charge. According to the prosecution, on June 29, 2024, in Ruai Township, Njiraini willfully and unlawfully assaulted his wife, Alice Wanjiru […]
Three scrap metal dealers appeared in a Nairobi court on Wednesday, facing charges of stealing over Sh129 million from a fellow businessman. The accused, Ebrahim Ahmed Ebrahim, Abdul Razak Rehan, and Mohamed Amin, were jointly charged with defrauding Shazada Aniq Ayub of Sh129,187,756. The prosecution alleges that the three men falsely claimed they could help […]
Former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal now faces the possibility of a lengthy prison sentence after being found guilty in an Sh84 million fraud case by the anti-corruption court. Chief Magistrate Thomas Nzyoki ruled that there was sufficient evidence to prove that Lenolkulal fraudulently received Sh84 million for the supply of petroleum products. The court found […]
An elderly man accused of defrauding a Nairobi-based company of land worth Sh1.6 billion was arraigned before the Milimani court on Tuesday to face charges of fraud. Francis Muhuhu Ndinguri was charged with conspiring to defraud Masser’s Langton Investments Limited of a prime parcel of land located along the Nairobi Bypass road. The prosecution alleges […]
On Monday, former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu’s wife, Susan Wangarí, took the stand to defend herself in the ongoing Sh588 million graft case, where she stands accused alongside her husband and others. Wangarí asserted her innocence, maintaining that the company she co-owns with Waititu followed due process in securing a tender from Kiambu County. She […]
Three robbery with violence suspects were arraigned before a Nairobi court on Monday, where they accused police officers of torturing them while in custody. The suspects, Antony Wambugu, Yusuf Mwangi Kimotho, and Gerald Kang’ethe Njuguna, pleaded with Magistrate Martha Nanzushi not to admit their recorded statements as evidence, alleging that the statements were forcibly obtained […]
West Mugirango MP Stephen Mogaka, along with 46 others, have challenged the government’s decision to establish Nyamira University in Kiabonyoru Ward. Represented by Lawyer Danstan Omari, they argue that the proposed location is problematic, as it overlaps with the site previously designated for a constituent college of Eldoret University, which has yet to be developed […]
An elderly woman, Pamela Akinyi Wara, was charged in a Nairobi court for allegedly conspiring with her son, an inmate at Kamiti Maximum Prison, to steal Sh 7 million from a businesswoman. The money had been stolen from Purity Karambu Laird, and Wara is accused of receiving the stolen funds. According to court documents, the […]
