COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
Kilifi South MP Richard Chonga has moved to court challenging the decision by the state to take his firearms from him. In a petition filed in court on Monday, the Azimio affiliated legislator says his firearm was taken from him and also his security was withdrawn for no apparent reason. Through Lawyer Danstan Omari, Chonga […]
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwa will in October this year know whether the court will bar him from tweeting defamatory words about city lawyer Danstan Omari. In the case, Omari has sued Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwa seeking for Sh 11 million in damages for tweeting that he frequents the infamous Koinange street. The impugned tweet by […]
Former Bomet Governor Isaac Rutto’s only grandchildren from his firstborn son are living in poverty after his son abandoned them two years ago. Edwin Rono’s estranged wife Chepng’etich Koech has told court that since her husband left, she has had to downgrade and even pull one of the kids from their prestigious school. Through lawyer […]
Former Bomet Governor Isaac Rutto arranged a wife for his firstborn son who has now abandoned her and the kids after six years of marriage. In court papers filed in court, Chepngetich Koech who is the ex-governor’s daughter-in-law says she met Rutto at her brother’s burial in Bomet in 2015 where he had gone to […]
An 11-year-old minor on Monday tearfully narrated to court how her step-father and his friend took turns in defiling her. In the case, it is alleged E.W defiled B.K on June 17, 2023 in Makini area in Kibra-Sub- County within Nairobi County. The girl who we will refer to as B.K not her real name told court that […]
Controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie and his co-suspects will spend 47 more days in custody to allow police conclude investigations into the Shakahola massacre. In the ruling, Shanzu SPM Y. Shikanda allowed the application by the prosecution to continue holding Mackenzie and the other suspects to allow them conclude investigations. The court said it found merit […]
A man who wanted a condom company to pay his damages for selling him a faulty condom that broke during intercourse has lost the case. The high court on Thursday dismissed the case in which Williamson Omworo wanted compensation after he got an STD due to the condom breaking. However, Justice Lawrence Mugambi threw out […]
The Late Jeff Mwathi who was found dead at DJ Faxto’s home had attempted suicide once before his untimely death. This came out during the inquest into the death of Jeff when Fatxo’s lawyer was cross-examining the first witness to the testify. Lawyer Duncan Okatch was cross-examining Stephen Muchoki an uncle of the late Jeff […]
The Late Jeff Mwathi’s uncle now say that his nephew who was found dead in DJ Fatxo’s home did not commit suicide as has been widely alleged. While testifying in the inquest into his death, Stephen Muchoki told court that he is sure that Jeff could not have jumped from Fatxo’s apartment on 10th floor. “I […]
City Lawyer Peter Wanyama is known for his lavish lifestyle but behind his success is a story of abject poverty and despair. In a post he shared online, Wanyama even say that at one point he contemplated suicide because of the situation they were in as a family. “The girls in the village rejected my […]
