Advocate Peter Wanyama has issued a blistering statement warning that the legal profession is under direct attack following orders issued by the High Court in Nakuru barring all public entities from hiring external law firms. In the statement dated January 12, 2026, Wanyama an LSK presidential candidate personally takes issue with orders made in Nakuru […]

High Court Judge Amugo Angote has offered a robust defence of judicial restraint, warning that courts risk undermining constitutional order when they stray into the domains of politics and other arms of government. Appearing before Commissioners during an interview session, Justice Angote drew a clear distinction between judicial activism, judicial overreach and judicial restraint, noting […]

By: Vivian Navate Two police officers suspected to be involved in the fatal shooting of Shukri Adan Ibrahim Issaka were on Friday detained for 14 days after Milima court found that their release could compromise ongoing investigations. The prosecution, appearing before the court in a miscellaneous application, sought orders to detain Sergeant Godwin Mjomba and […]

Chief Justice Martha Koome on Tuesday administered the oath of office to Ali Abdullahi Surraw as the new Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony, the Chief Justice urged Mr. Surraw to uphold integrity, independence and professionalism as he assumes leadership of the constitutional commission […]

The Judicial Service Commission has kicked off interviews to fill vacancies at the Court of Appeal, with constitutional law scholar Professor Migai Akech becoming the first candidate to face the panel. During the session, the commission put Professor Akech to task over a sensitive constitutional issue: how Cabinet Secretaries should be removed from office. Commissioners […]

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 […]