COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
A middle-aged woman has been charged in court for allegedly being in possession of ammunition without a valid firearm certificate, contrary to Kenya’s Firearms Act. Wanda Wanjiru Okisai was arrested at Hazina Trade Centre in Nairobi after police allegedly found her with one round of 9x19mm ammunition. The prosecution claims the ammunition was unlawfully obtained. […]
A member of the Busia Robusta Coffee Growers Farmers Cooperative Limited has been charged with defrauding a Tanzanian businessman of USD 47,600 (approximately Ksh 7.3 million) through a fake coffee supply deal. The suspect, Leonard Morice Murwayi, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina at the Milimani Law Courts, where he faced charges of obtaining […]
A court has recommended that three police officers face murder charges over the fatal shooting of four people during the 2022 Masimba protest, ruling that the victims died from gunshot wounds and that the officers’ testimony lacked credibility. In its findings delivered on November 12, 2025, the court said ballistic and postmortem reports conclusively showed […]
Bunge La Mwananchi has filed a constitutional petition at the High Court contesting a directive by the Nairobi County Government requiring all health facilities under its jurisdiction to open accounts with Sidian Bank. In the case, the petitioners Bunge La Mwananchi, Lawrence Oyugi, and Komrade Bush argue that the directive violates several constitutional provisions, including […]
Several bags of copper cables valued at more than Sh1.6 million were presented before a Nairobi court as evidence in a case where a woman is accused of handling stolen energy materials belonging to key utility firms. Investigating officer Nicholas Ole Sina told the court that the recovered items included high-voltage earthing cables and copper […]
President William Ruto’s 18-member taskforce on compensation for victims of police brutality and protest-related injuries has told the court that its establishment was lawful, humane, and aimed at addressing long-standing injustices against Kenyans who suffered during public unrests. Led by Professor Makau Mutua, the panel argued that for years, victims of protest violence have been […]
The Milimani Chief Magistrates Court has ordered Kakamega-based blogger Simon Asiviela to issue an unequivocal public apology to Lugari MP Nabii Daraja Nabwera over a series of defamatory social media posts linking the legislator to the death and disappearance of Munyuki High School Principal Simon Isiaho Shange. The interim order, granted pending the hearing and […]
Four police officers being investigated for the murder of a colleague will spend more days in custody after a magistrate declined to rule their detention, citing a lack of jurisdiction. The officers appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Emily Cherop today, but no charges were formally leveled against them. The Prosecution Council sought an extension of […]
Former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal has been acquitted by the High Court after judges overturned his conviction and eight-year sentence in the Sh83 million corruption case, ruling that the prosecution failed to provide credible evidence linking him to the alleged fraud. The court held that the prosecution’s case was built on suspicion rather than proof, […]
The High Court has blocked the ongoing process to recruit new commissioners for the National Land Commission (NLC), ruling that the move was unconstitutional and threatened the rights of current officeholders. In a judgment delivered by Justice Chacha Mwita, the court declared that Commissioner Tiyah Galgalo Ali, MBS, is lawfully entitled to serve her full […]
