COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
Eight suspects who were arrested early this week for allegedly defrauding foreigners trillions of dollars were on Friday charged with several counts of fraud. Peter Kisanya Modaya, Noah Othiambo Ouma, Peter Mikisi Aura, Kayombo Jean Karenga, Brian Waweru Njoroge, Moses Otieno Oduor, Mercy Cheptoo and Charity Njeri Gachuhi were charged conspiring to defraud Omid Kharkhaneh […]
The National Assembly has summoned businesswoman Ann Njoroge who is at the centre of the Sh 17 B oil cargo dispute. In a letter to Njoroge, the National Assembly through clerk Jeremiah Ndombi has summoned Njoroge to appear before MPs on November 22. The letter says she has been summoned for a meeting to shed […]
Late Olympic champion Agnes Tirop’s husband has been released on bail two years after she was stabbed to death in her house. Ibrahim Rotich was charged with her murder and has been in custody since 2021 after the then judge denied him bail ruling that he was a flight risk and for his own safety. […]
Former Lamu senator Anwar Loitiptip was on Thursday charged before a Milimani law court with fraud overa Sh 6 million car sale agreement that he was involved in. Anwar was charged with three counts of obtaining money by false pretense, forgery and uttering of a false document. It is alleged that on August 3 last […]
City Lawyer Danstan Omari has put the state on the spot in the NIS Sacco fraud case claiming that they were charged purely for politics. While opposing adjournment of the case by the prosecution, Omari told court that the accused were charged all because of politics. “Your honour This are matters that the state brings […]
Kenyans were on Wednesday shocked after the DCI released a statement saying they had arrested eight in a USD 439 trillion mega fraud. The suspect arrested include Moses Otieno, Peter Aura, Brian Waweru, John Kalombo, Peter Kisanya, Noah Ouma, Charity Njeri and Mercy Cheptoo. However Kenyans questioned if the DCI had the correct figure with […]
The Kisii nation is in mourning following the death of veteran politician Benson Kegoro. Kegoro was at one time the Member of Parliament for West Mugirango constituency where he served for nine years. Kegoro won the seat in a by-election through the KANU ticket during the One Party System in 1969 after the death of […]
In August last year, the Supreme court ruled that the presidential petition filed by Azimio Leader Raila Odinga against President William Ruto was all ‘hot air’. In the unanimous decision by all the seven judges the court used the term hot air which did not go down well with the Azimio leaders who criticised the […]
Hours after city Lawyer Danstan Omari accuses government of daylight robbery in the increased charges on services the state has now revoked the gazette notice. In a new gazette notice dated November 14, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has said the earlier gazette notice has been revoked to pave way for public participation. Earlier in the […]
