The Supreme Court has called out Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah for allegedly calling them derogatory names in a viral video seen online. “We find the message delivered in that video clip contemptuous and debasing of the dignity of this Court,” the court ruled While dismissing his appeal on the Finance Act 2023, the court said […]

The supreme court has dismissed an appeal by Senator Okiya Omtatah challenging Court of Appeals decision to lift orders that had barred implementation of the Finance Act 2023. The apex court threw out the appeal by Omtatah ruling that it was filed out of time. The seven judges led by Chief Justice Martha Koome also […]

When you talk of drug trafficking you will not miss to mention the famous Akasha brothers who are now serving time in the US jail after pleading guilty to drug trafficking. Back in Kenya the Musanda family was found guilty of trafficking heroine and convicted of the offense. They include Rose Musanda the matriarch and […]

A 62-year-old woman who was found guilty of trafficking heroine alongside her two daughters and son-in-law has been ordered to pay a fine of Sh3.7million. Rose Musanda has an alternative of serving 3 years in jail if she will not be able to raise the fine stipulated by court. JKIA Magistrate Christine Njagi said she […]

Two former Anti-narcotics cops have a case to answer in a case of trafficking heroine valued at Sh 75 Million. JKIA magistrate Christine Njagi put Urbanus Kioko and Alloyse Onyango on their defence ruling that a prima facie case has been established against them. Also put on defence were Peter Odongo, Alfric Otieno and Festus […]

Activist Boniface Mwangi has sued economist David Ndii over a tweet he made claiming that he was paid President William Ruto to be part of Linda Katiba. Mwangi wants the court to award him damages for the defamation and libel that the tweet by Ndii have caused him. Ndii tweeted “Time for revelations. Linda Katiba […]

A Somali man who police claim is the mastermind of the Garissa attack has been released on bail by a Nairobi court Abdi Yusuf who was charged with terrorism related is alleged to have been one of the masterminds of the attack and the prosecution has opposed his release. In her ruling, Magistrate Agnes Mwangi […]

Millions of couples who were married traditionally but have not registered their marriages have been dealt a blow as court rules those marriages are invalid. In Kenya 70% of marriages are traditional because they are cemented by dowry payment. In a titanic battle of millionaires Anne Ngururi and husband John Ikuno, the court declined to […]

A Malindi father who beat his one-year-old daughter to death for refusing to walk will now spend 25 years in jail after being found guilty of the offence of murder. Maoja Charo Ngowa a resident of Mulungu Mawe village beat his one year one month child who he was teaching to walk and she sustained […]

Two former Employees of Mama Lucy Hospital who were featured in a BBC expose on child trafficking have been found guilty of trafficking three infants in 2020. In her judgement, Senior Principal Magistrate Esther Kimilu found them guilty and ruled that the prosecution had proved beyond all reasonable doubt that the two committed the offense. […]