In today’s court news, The High Court in Nairobi has granted Chief Justice Martha Koome and fellow Supreme Court judges one week to amend their petitions seeking to block their removal from office. The directive follows a request by the legal team representing the CJ and the Supreme Court judges, who asked the court for […]

In today’s court news, Professor Amukowa Anangwe, Chairperson of the University of Nairobi Council, along with three other senior officials, has appeared before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court facing charges of abuse of office and illegal acquisition of public property. According to a charge sheet filed by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), […]

Chief Justice Martha Koome has called on the Executive and Parliament to increase budgetary allocations to the Judiciary, emphasizing that adequate funding is essential for effective and accessible justice delivery. Speaking during the launch of the E-Judiciary Mobile Application, the Judiciary Innovations Compendium, and the 2023–2024 Performance Management and Measurement Evaluation (PMMU) Report, CJ Koome […]

In today’s court news, The Chairperson of the University of Nairobi Council, Professor Amukowa Anangwe, appeared in a Nairobi court on charges of abuse of office related to the appointment of Brian Ouma as the acting Chief Operations Officer. Professor Anangwe is expected to be charged alongside Dr. Ahmed Sheikh Abdullahi, Carren Kerubo Omwenga, and […]

Former Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong and his entire county executive team have been acquitted in a corruption case involving Sh8 million, after the court found the evidence presented by the prosecution insufficient to support the charges. In her ruling, Presiding Magistrate Eunice Nyutu stated that the prosecution failed to establish any wrongdoing by the accused. […]

In today’s court news, Joyce Muthoni Mburu, daughter of the late Mzee Kinani Mburu, has told a court of the difficulties she faced trying to see her ailing father shortly before his passing. Testifying in an ongoing dispute over her father’s burial site, Joyce told Magistrate Gitonga that Mzee Mburu should be laid to rest […]

In today’s court news, Gospel musician Alex Nyachonga Apoko, popularly known as Ringtone, was arraigned today at the Milimani Law Courts to face charges related to the fraudulent acquisition of a prime piece of land in Karen, valued at Ksh 50 million. Ringtone has been charged with fraud involving a land parcel identified as NAIROBI/BLOCK […]

Today the family of Kiambu County Deputy Governor Rosemary Kirika had to bury a banana plant in a grave that had been prepared against a court order. The grave had been dug on a disputed piece of land in Gilgil, Nakuru County property allegedly belonging to the late Mzee Mburu Kinani. On Tuesday the Nakuru […]

Odoyo Owidi, the former Chairperson of the Lake Basin Development Authority, has come forward with explosive claims, alleging that the late Hon. Charles Ong’ondo Were was involved in a brutal murder but evaded justice. In an interview aired on Prime Time News, Owidi claimed to possess a video showing Were stabbing a man, disemboweling him, […]