The High Court has certified as urgent a constitutional petition filed by activist and senator Okiya Omtatah Okoiti challenging the legality, financing, and procurement of the proposed Riruta Ngong Commuter Meter Gauge Railway Project. In directions issued by the court, the petitioners’ Notice of Motion dated 19 December 2025 was ordered to be heard on […]

A constitutional petition has been filed at the Milimani Law Courts seeking orders to stop the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) from conducting or supervising any elections until it completes a review of constituency and ward boundaries as required by the Constitution. The petition was filed by Philip Kipkemoi Langat, who argues that Article […]

City Lawyer Cliff Ombeta has threatened legal action against Safaricom after his M-Pesa account was allegedly suspended without prior notice, an incident he says caused public embarrassment and raised concerns about consumer rights in Kenya’s mobile money system. Ombeta says the issue arose on December 19, 2025, when he attempted to make a routine M-Pesa […]

Residents of the SEPU area in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Nairobi, were on Tuesday morning subjected to eviction and demolition attempts by state officers despite a subsisting court order barring any such action. Earlier this month, the Environment and Land Court issued a conservatory order halting evictions, demolitions, or any interference with residents occupying the disputed […]

The High Court has stopped the sale of a prime property in Eldoret and revoked a further partial confirmed grant in the estate of the late senior advocate Paul Gicheru Njoroge, after finding that key succession proceedings were conducted in violation of the right to a fair hearing. In a ruling delivered on December 18, […]

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations, through the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU), has moved to court seeking 15 days to complete investigations into alleged terrorism-related activities involving a Turkish national arrested in Nairobi. The suspect, Ahmet Mustafa Gungor, was arrested in the early hours of December 21, 2025 at the Standard Gauge Railway Nairobi Terminus shortly […]

The High Court has barred the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) from proceeding with complaints and petitions against judges until it formally gazettes regulations governing how such complaints should be handled. In a decision delivered in Petition No. E110 of 2025, the court found that the JSC has, since 2011, failed to operationalise regulations required under […]

The High Court has ordered the forfeiture of assets worth Sh76.2 million belonging to former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu and the recovery of a parcel of land valued at Sh3 million owned by his wife. The court found that Waititu and his spouse failed to satisfactorily explain how they acquired the properties, terming them unexplained […]

President William Ruto has suffered a setback after the High Court issued conservatory orders stopping the implementation of the health cooperation framework between Kenya and the United States pending the hearing and determination of a constitutional petition. The court barred the government from operationalising, executing, or taking any steps to implement the framework in its […]