Senior Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki has issued a scathing rebuke against the police over their handling of the late Albert Ojwang’s body, describing the actions as both disturbing and symbolic of deeper systemic failures. Before delivering his final orders that allowed police to detain murder suspect James Mukhwana for 21 days, Magistrate Ondieki expressed dismay […]

City Lawyer Danstan Omari and Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai are in the middle of bitter feud over a facebook post which has resulted possible Sh100 M defamation suit being filed by the lawyer. Omari has written to Alai demanding for Sh100 M in damages and an apology for calling him a ‘pig’ and ‘mjinga’ in […]

Web developer and activist Rose Njeri has been released after a Nairobi court ruled that the charges brought against her failed to constitute a criminal offense. In his ruling, Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo stated that the two charges presented were ambiguous and did not disclose any offense under the law. “The two counts as presently presented […]

Men have gotten a big win after the high court declared section 29(c) of the Law of Succession Act unconstitutional, citing gender-based discrimination against widowers. In his judgement, Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled that the provision, which requires a husband to prove he was dependent on his deceased wife in order to qualify as a beneficiary […]

A lobby group has moved to court challenging Kajiado North MP Onassis Nguro Ngogoyo’s alleged misuse of public resources through the branding of taxpayer-funded infrastructure with his personal image, name, and political slogans. In the case, Sheria Mtaani na Shadrach Wambui accuses the legislator of violating key constitutional provisions by converting public infrastructure into personal […]

Two police officers accused of shooting protester Boniface Mwangi Kariuki during recent anti-government protests in Nairobi have been arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts as investigations continue to unfold. The officers, Klinzy Baraza Masinde and Duncan Kiprono, appeared before Magistrate BenMark Ekhubi following a miscellaneous application by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), which is […]

Veteran broadcaster Fred Obachi Machoka got a major win on Thursday after the court allowed his application and issued orders barring MCA cum blogger Robert Alai from posting about him on social media. “An order is issued restraining the respondent/defendant by themselves, their agents, servants or anyone acting on their behalf from posting, publishing and/or […]

A mobile phone belonging to Nairobi Central Police Station OCS, Samson Talam, and currently held by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) as an exhibit, has allegedly been used to solicit bribes, a Nairobi court heard on Tuesday. The defence team informed the court that the device, which was surrendered to IPOA on June 16, […]