COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
A Kenyan man who fled the US after allegedly killing his girlfriend a nurse was on Wednesday detained in police custody for 30 days. Kevin Kangethe was arraigned on Tuesday night at a local club in Westlands after evading police since October when he landed. It is alleged that Kangethe killed Margaret Mbitu and stashed […]
A Kericho judge who summoned a 100 year old woman and her three sons to court for sentencing to Jail has been taken to Judicial Service Commission. Gilbert Koech who is the son of the aged woman has filed a complaint at JSC saying the judge was bias and never gave them a chance to […]
Three GSU officers were on Tuesday charged before a Mavoko law court with abducting a Chinese national and allegedly extorting millions from him during the ordeal.Samwel Matia, Fredrick Mwololo and Musyoki Kimwele were arraigned before Magistrate Barbara Ojoo where they denied two counts of robbery with violence and abduction.It was alleged that on January 8 […]
Kisii politician Naphtali Ontweka who has been lying in the morgue for close of 9 months will now be buried in his Kamulu home and not his ancestral home in Kisii.This is after the court of appeal ruled in favour of his widow who has been in court fighting with her late husband’s brothers on […]
The high court has barred the state from sending police officers to Haiti ruling that it’s illegal and a nullity. In the case, Ekuru Aukot and third way alliance had sued the state for issuing orders to send officers to Haiti. Last year, Government announced that Kenya was ready to deploy 10000 police officers to […]
Former news anchor Jacque Maribe and Joseph Irungu alias Jowie’s murder judgement has been adjourned yet again. This is after the court was informed that Maribe was unwell thus was not present in court. Jowie was the only one present in court as Maribe was said to be indisposed. Through her lawyer Katwa Kigen, Maribe […]
Kenyans got a big win on Friday after the court of appeal declined to issue a stay of the implementation of the order that stopped the state from deducting housing levy. This a major blow to the state who have been deducting housing levy for affordable housing. The state had appealed the decision of the […]
City Lawyer Danstan Omari has called upon all advocates in Kenya not to appear before the Supreme Court in solidarity with their colleague Senior Counsel Ahmenasir Abdullahi.While speaking to Court Helicopter, Omari called upon all the advocates to boycott the apex court saying the decision to bar Ahmednasir was illegal.“As an advocate of the high […]
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has challenged last week’s decision by the Supreme Court to ban lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi from the court.In a petition filed in court, LSK argues that the decision to ban Ahmednasir and his entire law firm is unconstitutional and unreasonable.In the case filed under a certificate of urgency, LSK argues […]
