COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
An American based man has sought for orders to exhume his late father renowned university don Professor Gichuru Muriuki who died four years in order to conduct DNA to confirm paternity. Timothy Muriuki who lives in the US has told court that he is the biological first son of the late don who died in […]
The departmental committee on Administration and Security made a visit to the immigration offices on Monday to find out status of passport backlog. The Director General Evelyn Cheluget met with the committee members and assured them that the immigration department had put up several initiatives to tackle issues of passport backlog. Cheluget presented to them […]
The case against police officers from the now disbanded SSU has been adjourned to give time to the incoming DPP to take office. The officers have never been charged as the state is still evaluating evidence before the DPP approves charges. In the case, the officers were arrested on allegations of being involved in the […]
A Naivasha high court has set free two men who were sentenced to serve 7 years in jail for stealing a heifer worth Sh 150,000.Francis Mungai Njeri and Peter Kinyanjui Kimani had appealed the decision by the magistrates court to find them guilty of stealing the cow saying there was no evidence linking them to […]
The Environment Court on Monday suspended the Sh 47 B dandora dumpsite tender that had been awarded to a Chinese firm by Nairobi County. The court has stopped the county from going forward with the construction of the multibillion Waste to Energy processing plant situated in Dandora. Justice E. Wa Soto stopped the award This […]
A Dubai based company at the centre of a 102 Million Gold scam that led to freezing the accounts of Chief Registrar Ann Amadi has challenged the order that opened the accounts. In an appeal filed at the Court of Appeal, Bruton Gold Trading LLC which trades in Gold has challenged the high court decision […]
Over 300 residents from Taita Taveta County have moved to court seeking Sh 12 billion as damages from Kenya Pipeline Company for spilling oil in their village in 2016. Through their lawyer Kenneth Amondi, the spillage has cost them a lot due to is spreading to their crops and also houses thus causing them get […]
Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero will now pay Sh 19 M tax instead of Sh 427 million after entering into a consent with KRA. This brings to an end the tax dispute that has been in court since 2016 when Kidero challenged the huge tax arrears that he owed KRA. In a consent filed at […]
Immigration boss Evelyne Cheluget on Friday visited the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to assess the preparedness to receive delegates for Africa Climate Summit. Cheluget said she had assessed the preparedness of her officers to receive over 30,000 delegates expected to converge in Nairobi from September 4 to 6. On Monday Cheluget met hundreds of her […]
