COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a petition filed by Eng. Peter Njaggah challenging his early retirement at the age of 60 despite his recent registration as a person with disability, which he argued entitled him to remain in public service until the age of 65. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justices Patrick Kiage, […]
Former Lands Minister Amos Kimunya has mounted a spirited defense against allegations of fraudulent disposal of public property, telling a Nairobi court that he acted within the law and in the best interests of the public. Testifying in his own defense, Kimunya dismissed the prosecution’s case as “baseless and unsubstantiated,” asserting that no credible witness […]
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Adriano Kithumbi, a man convicted of murdering his own brother, David Muthengi M’Ruanda, but reduced his life sentence to 25 years imprisonment. Kithumbi was found guilty of killing his brother on October 12, 2014, during a heated family dispute over land at their mother’s homestead. Testimony […]
The Court of Appeal has reduced the life sentence imposed on Moses Mutembei Muriithi to 40 years, despite upholding his conviction for the gruesome murder of Mary Nthama in October 2016. Muriithi was initially convicted by the High Court in Chuka for violently killing Nthama at his homestead in Kabaliange Village, Tharaka Nithi County. The […]
The Court of Appeal in Nyeri has allowed William Bundi Njeri, a convict serving a life sentence for defilement, to file an appeal out of time, citing the challenges he faced as a self-represented prisoner. In a ruling delivered by Justice S. ole Kantai, the judge acknowledged that Bundi’s appeal to the High Court had […]
The Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions and death sentences of two men who had been found guilty of a violent robbery that resulted in the death of a man at Sun Africa Bar in Isiolo in 2014. Justices Jamila Mohammed, J. Lesiit, and Ali-Aroni set aside the convictions of Samson Mwingirwa and Michael […]
The family of Hussein Abdirahman Mohamed is living a nightmare. The well-known Assistant County Commissioner and Huduma Centre Manager in Wajir vanished on Tuesday, July 8 and no one has heard from him since. Desperate for answers, his loved ones have now turned to the courts, filing an urgent application seeking to compel the state […]
Police have arrested Elvis Otieno Owino, a prime suspect in the violent invasion of Kitengela Sub-County Hospital during the July 7 protests. According to the DCI, Owino was identified through CCTV footage that captured him damaging property at the hospital. Detectives traced him to his rented house in Noonkopir, where they recovered the black Marvin […]
A man charged with fraudulently acquiring Kenyan identification documents and residing in the country unlawfully has pleaded with the court to release him, insisting he is a Kenyan by birth and has no other nationality. Abdihakim Said Jama appeared before Milimani Principal Magistrate Rose Ndombi, where he argued that the charges against him were the […]
A lecturer at Kenyatta University, George Maina Muriithi, has been charged with fraud involving Ksh 55.5 million, which he allegedly obtained under false pretenses. Appearing before Magistrate Robinson Ondieki at the Milimani Law Courts, Muriithi was accused of conspiring with unidentified accomplices to defraud businessman Martin Gitonga Kamanda. The court heard that between November 15, […]
