COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
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: Vivian Navate Public debate often erupts when courts impose what appear to be high bond terms in cases that do not involve physical violence. Many assume that bond should automatically be low where no blood has been shed. Kenyan law, however, approaches bail and bond differently, emphasizing the need to balance the rights of […]
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, […]
By: Cyrus Kimanga As President William Ruto intensifies the fight against narcotics trafficking, a court in Kiambu County has handed stiff penalties to five Nigerian nationals convicted of drug-related offences. The five were sentenced at the Kahawa Law Courts after pleading guilty to various counts of being in possession of narcotic drugs and unlawfully being […]
By: Vivian Navate A former Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) employee has been arraigned before the Milimani Law Courts over the alleged theft of more than KSh 1.1 million. Amos Kahuro Njuguna appeared before Chief Magistrate Dolphina Alego on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, facing a charge of stealing by servant, contrary to Section 281 of the […]
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has moved to court seeking damages and injunctive relief over what he terms a malicious and defamatory broadcast aired on Obinna TV platforms following the Malava Constituency elections. In a fast-track plaint filed at the Milimani Commercial Division, Echesa accuses Seth Panyako, Obinna TV Extra and Obinna TV Studios, […]
By: Vivian Navate A man was on Tuesday charged before Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego with breaking into an electronics shop at Diamond Plaza II in Parklands, Nairobi, and stealing mobile phones and cash valued at more than Ksh 9.9 million. Victor Mose Abuga is accused of jointly committing the offence with others not before […]
By: Vivian Navate The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has moved to court seeking orders to detain a murder suspect for 21 days to allow detectives to complete investigations. The application was filed at the Milimani Law Courts before Chief Magistrate Dolphina Alego in a miscellaneous criminal matter involving Erick Kamande Muthoni, also known as […]
