COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
Nairobi man has admitted in court to masterminding a fraudulent SIM swap scheme that targeted former Central OCS Samson Talaam, whose phone was being held by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) as part of investigations into the controversial death of blogger Albert Ojwang’. Dennis Masavi Musyimi pleaded guilty before Milimani Magistrate Dolphina Alego, confessing […]
A woman who sells cosmetics and beauty products on Monday testified in the Jeff Mwathi Inquest telling court that on that morning he called her in the wee hours of the morning to pass by her house and pick two hair products he had ordered a week earlier. Felister Wairimu told court that Fatxo was […]
Five police officers who once served with former Pangani officer Ahmed Rashid have testified in court, stating they did not witness him shoot or kill two youths in Eastleigh in 2017. The officers Chief Inspector Abdul Rahman Ndegwa, Owen Oketch Ausi, Corporal Gideon Kibet Ruto, Constable Robert Rono, and Wilfred Omboga appeared before Justice Diana […]
An Equity Bank teller has been arraigned in court over allegations of stealing more than KSh 1.2 million from the bank and one of its customers. Gilbert Kiptoo Lelon, stationed at Equity Bank’s Kahawa Branch, appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego, where he was charged with stealing by servant contrary to Section 281 of […]
Businesswoman Esther Muthoni Muiruri, has been handed a 21-month jail term after being convicted in a multi-million-shilling fraud and forgery scandal. Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi found Muiruri guilty of various counts of obtaining money by false pretence, forgery, and uttering false documents. The case arose from a complaint filed by businessman Duncan Maraga […]
The High Court has issued orders halting the planned privatization of the Kenya Pipeline Company Limited (KPC), pending the outcome of a petition filed by the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK). Justice Bahati Mwamuye granted a conservatory order restraining the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury & Economic Planning, the Privatisation Authority, and other respondents from […]
Police officers from Capitol Hill Police Station have interrogated eight employees from the accounts department of the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives Ltd (Kuscco) following formal complaints lodged by the union’s legal representatives. The questioning is part of an ongoing investigation that could lead to multiple arrests of Kuscco employees implicated in a […]
Three individuals accused of posing as officials of the Social Health Authority (SHA) to defraud members of the public have been arraigned in a Nairobi court. Millycent Makena Mwiti, Paul Muga Okoth, and Bildad Steve appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego at Milimani Law Courts,where they denied multiple counts of obtaining money by false […]
A Nairobi woman has been charged at the Milimani Law Courts with defrauding a complainant of over KSh 36 million. Lilian Wangui Odwoma, also known as Lilian Weru, is accused of conspiring with others still at large to defraud Elizabeth Wanjiku Muigai of USD 50,000 and KSh 30 million between May 6 and May 20, […]
The High Court in Nairobi has ordered Pumwani Maternity Hospital to pay Sh 7.5 million in compensation to woman whose baby died and uterus was removed following what the court termed as negligent and degrading treatment. Justice Lawrence Mugambi found that on October 19, 2019, the hospital staff delayed taking the expectant mother to theatre […]
