COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
NAIROBI – The High Court has temporarily blocked the government from implementing a Cabinet decision authorising the duty-free importation of 500,000 metric tonnes of rice. Justice Edward M. Muriithi on Monday issued a conservatory order suspending the directive by the Cabinet Secretary, which had been published in Gazette Notice No. 10353 on July 28, 2025. […]
City lawyer Guy Spencer Elms has scored a major legal victory after the High Court in Nairobi dismissed long-running forgery claims against him over the Sh500 million estate of his former client, the late British businessman Roger Bryan Robson. Justice H.K. Chemitei ruled that the will dated March 24, 1997 which appointed Spencer as executor […]
The High Court has granted the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Attorney General (AG) a final opportunity to file their responses in a petition seeking the prosecution of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Eliud Lagat over the death of blogger Albert Ojwang. Justice Bahati Mwamuye issued the directive after lawyer Kibe Mungai, […]
The Judiciary of Kenya has officially launched a dedicated Call Center to make it easier for the public to access essential court services and information. The facility, which operates daily from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, including weekends, is designed to assist court users with a range of services such as e-filing, case tracking (CTS), […]
Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat has told the court that the decision on whether to charge him over the killing of blogger Albert Omondi Ojwang rests solely with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), not the judiciary. Through his lawyer, Ceceil Miller, Lagat argued that compelling the DPP to institute charges against him […]
A well-known TikTok personality and street activist, Joseph Gitonga, was on Thursday arraigned before the Milimani Law Courts over allegations of attempting to extort Ksh 500,000 from a media service provider affiliated with Co-operative Bank. Appearing before Senior Principal Magistrate Sharon Ouko, Gitonga was charged with one count of demanding property by menace. He was […]
A man has been arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts facing serious charges, including theft, cybercrime, and laundering over Ksh 2 million through fraudulent bank transactions. Solomon Cheruiyot Lelei appeared in court to answer to five criminal charges: stealing, unauthorized access to a computer system, acquisition of proceeds of crime, possession of proceeds of crime, […]
Nelson Ibrahim Kidero, also known as Nelson Muriithi, has pleaded guilty to unlawfully entering the Parliament premises in violation of Section 31(a) of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act. Kidero appeared before Principal Magistrate Ben Mark Ekhubi at the Milimani Law Courts on Friday, where he admitted to jumping over the perimeter fence of Parliament […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has opposed an application by the accused persons in the multi-billion shilling Anglo Leasing scandal seeking to have their defence heard by the same magistrate who had earlier acquitted them. During proceedings at the Milimani Chief Magistrate’s Court today, the defence team for the accused requested that the case […]
Three men suspected of being part of a criminal network involved in unlocking M-Kopa phones before customers had completed their loan payments have been detained by police. The suspects Jeremiah Njoroge, Marvine Wandugo, and Victor Kimani were presented before the court under a miscellaneous application. Police officer Beth Kariuki, through the Office of the Director […]
