COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
Former Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and his two wives are currently being grilled at the EACC for alleged misappropriation of public funds. Oparanya has been with detectives for the better part of the day and it’s not clear whether they are under arrest or not. Oparanya son is also said to be at the EACC […]
The court has allowed an application by the police to detain Mathe Wa Ngara for five days to allow them to conclude investigations into drug trafficking. JKIA Senior Principal Magistrate Njeri Thuku said the application made by the state to detain Nancy Kigunzu was merited and she allowed it. Thuku directed that Mathe be detained […]
A section of students who paid money into the Uasin Gishu Scholarship account now want the current Governor Jonathan Bii should also be held liable. Speaking to CH News, the students say that a majority of them had paid money to the account long after former Governor Jackson Mandago had left. N.K not her real […]
A Meru court has ruled that two Swahili teachers who were sentenced to serve 17 years for drugging and defiling a nine-year-old were wrongfully convicted. In her judgement, Justice Mwanaisha Shariff said Paul Njeru and Nicholas Mithika should never have been sent to jail since the evidence produced before the lower court was inconsistent. The […]
A man who used a members alleged HIV status to abuse him during a heated WhatsApp group banter will now have to pay Sh 850,000 in damages to the victim. P.M moved to the last year seeking damages for what he called stigmatization by FO who they were in the same ODM WhatsApp group with. […]
Pastor Ezekiel Odero has gotten temporary relief after the high court suspended the decision by the registrar of society to deregister his church. Odero moved to court after the registrar published a gazette notice canceling the registration of New Life Church. In a ruling delivered by Justice Jairus Ngaa, the court has issued a stay […]
Famous ‘Mathe Wa Ngara’ has opposed the application seeking for her arrest saying she has never been summoned. Nancy Kigunzu now known as Mathe Wa Ngara has asked court not to issue the warrant of arrest being asked for by police arguing that it’s illegal. Through her lawyers Danstan Omari and Cliff Ombeta, Kigunzu says […]
It has now emerged that the two teenage boys being held in police custody in connection with the Mathe wa Ngara saga are actually her children. The two were arrested alongside Teresia Wanjiru who people at first thought was the real Mathe wa Ngara. Now police are seeking to detain them for further five days […]
The police now want to hold Teresia Wanjiru for further five days to allow them conclude investigations into the drug trafficking offense. Wanjiru was arrested last week with allegedly over Sh 13 Million in cash and several sacks of drugs suspected to be Bhang. In an application filed at the JKIA court, the police have […]
The body of the late majority Leader and Nyamira county MCA Elijah Osiemo arrived at his home today and was received by huge crowds of mourners. The body was taken to Nyamira Primary School to allow residents to view. Nyamira town came to a standstill and people stopped to pay respect to their fallen son […]
