COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
The state has been directed to file its responses in a case where a lobby group moved to court seeking to compel the state to grant all prisoners their conjugal visits. Justice Chacha Mwita on Thursday directed the state to file responses and serve them within 14 days. In the case, three human rights activists, […]
KEPSHA boss Johnson Matheka’s burial scheduled for tomorrow will now proceed as planned after court sets aside orders barring his burial. Court says 28 year old woman claiming to be his daughter does not have evidence to prove that. Nzioka’s burial had been stopped by the court after a lady moved to court claiming he […]
Chairperson of the University of Nairobi Council Professor Amukowa Anangwe got reprieve after the high court suspended government’s plan to revoke his appointment to the council. Justice Bahati Mwamuye on Tuesday granted a conservatory order suspending Gazette Notice No. 1957 of February 21, 2025, which sought to remove Prof. Anangwe from office. Additionally, the court […]
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company and Nairobi County standoff over unpaid bills has now spilled over to courts as KPLC sues County for dumping waste at its doorstep and disconnecting their water supply. In court papers filed in court, Kenya Power wants court to order the county to immediately remove the waste and reconnect […]
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has opposed the release of an international drug trafficker, Jeam Emmanuel Morlon, also known as Lamarca J. Benjamin, claiming that he threatened a key witness with a picture of himself holding guns. In an affidavit presented before the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Law Court, Sergeant Thomas Othoo stated that […]
A former senior manager at Printing Services Ltd who was charged with stealing over Sh 254 M from the company has lost a bid to reduce his Sh 3 M cash bail. Cheekati Narasimha Rao who was charged in December had made an application before trial court to reduce his bail saying he could not […]
The Court of Appeal will on March 21 this year deliver a ruling it will suspend the High Court’s decision declaring Azimio Party as the majority party in the National Assembly. National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula onWednesday put up a spirited fight to stay the ruling arguing that the appeal is arguable and that the […]
A US state government contractor who has admitted to being found with four cocaine pellets in his stomach was in Kenya for a holiday and had bought the drugs for leisure. However, at the end of his stay, he decided to take the remaining three pellets back to Saudi Arabia, where he is stationed. According […]
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has faulted the high court for overturning his ruling on which coalition was the majority saying that the judges reached the decision with analyzing the evidence properly. He has termed the ruling as a grave error by the judges arguing that post-election coalitions can alter the Independent Electoral and Boundaries […]
A man suspected to be a fake Gold scammer was on Monday arraigned before a Milimani court and fraudulently obtaining over $1.3 million from a foreigner. Ronald Osonga Khejeri was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina and denied the charge. It is alleged that between March 31 and May 30, 2024, he conspired with others—some […]
