COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
Cynthia Lusenga Andayo alias Flora Akoth Okonda had been arrested last week and police produced her in court and got five days to detain her for further investigations. One of the ladies who was arrested in connection to the murder of Nairobi Hospital Finance director Eric Maigo has been released. A Nairobi court on Monday […]
Six friends of the KERRA employee Daniel Wambua whose Sh 21 M was frozen by court have now come out to support his claim that the money was meant for dowry payment. In affidavits sworn to support his case, the six say they were indeed in a WhatsApp group and contributed money for the ceremony. […]
Daniel Wambua whose accounts were frozen last month now claims that his two-day dowry ceremony was to cost Sh 29 M. In a new affidavit, Wambua still maintains that the money frozen by EACC was fundraised by his friends and family for the dowry ceremony. Through lawyer Danstan Omari, Wambua says the budget for the […]
The Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission has now dismissed claims by KERRA employee Daniel Wambua that he raised over 21 M for paying his fiancée’s dowry. In a response to Wambua’s application, EACC says he has not given sufficient evidence that the money was not acquired as a result of corrupt conduct. “The attempt by Wambua […]
The family of a Kisii woman who was burnt on her face with hot water by US based boyfriend have claimed that they are being threatened to withdraw the case. Through their lawyer Dastan Omari, Mercy Momanyi’s family say they have been getting calls with a bid to drop the case. “Some of the family […]
The Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday got a big blow after the Supreme court ruled that it did not follow the law in acquiring 83 acres of a disputed land in Embakasi. This brings to an end a decades-long land dispute related to the 5639 acres land in Embakasi that has been in court […]
The Political Parties Disputes Tribunal on Friday extended orders restraining the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) from expelling Kisumu Senator Tom Ojienda. The said orders also apply to GEM MP Elisha Odhiambo who had also challenged their expulsion. ODM has also been directed to file responses to the application within five days of service. In the […]
Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo’s luck seems to be running out as 28 out of 34 MCA’s append their signatures for his removal from office. The motion for his removal from office will be officially tabled for debate in the assembly on Tuesday next week. One of the major reasons that the MCA’s are seeking to […]
The Director of Criminal Investigations on Thursday released photos believed to be of the woman who fatally stabbed Nairobi Hospital Finance Director Eric Maigo 25 times. The DCI is now appealing to anyone with information on the said woman who was captured on CCTV as she was escaping from the house to reach out to […]
Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his wife Susan Wangari have a case to answer in the Sh 588 M road tender graft case. In the case, Waititu, his wife and other co-accused were charged with conspiring to defraud the county Sh 588 by In his ruling, Milimani Anti-corruption Chief Magistrate Thomas Nzyoki say the […]
