COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
Judges got a major win on Friday after a three judge bench quashed Salary and Renumeration Commission Letter dated July 12,2021 purporting to revoke Judges taxable car allowance. Justices Chacha Mwita, Patricia Nyaundi and Lawrence Mugambi, the SRC letter contravenes Article 160 of the constitution and is therefore unconstitutional, null and void. The court further […]
Kasarani DCIO Paul Makonge has been summoned for failing to bring DJ Brownskin’s case file to court for hearing of case where he is accused of assisting his wife commit suicide. In the case, Brownskin real names Michael Macharia Njiiri, is accused of assisting his wife Sharon Njeri’s suicide on July 29, 2022. When the […]
A Nairobi high court has halted the Kenya Judicial Staff Association(KJSA) elections that were to be conducted on Saturday pending hearing of case challenging them. Justice Lawrence Mugambi issued the orders and further directed that parties file their submissions adding that the petition shall be dispensed by way of evidence. “Conservatory orders are allowed as […]
This year’s events mark 41 years since the time when the Institute held its first Annual Seminar in 1984.
Family of a woman who was killed 12 years ago in Nanyuki by British soldiers has accused the government of delaying the prosecution of the suspects behind Agnes Wanjiru’s death. Agnes was allegedly murdered by British soldiers and then dumped in a septic tank in 2012 and to date no one has been charged. Speaking […]
A man suspected to be a member notorious robbery gang in the city charged in court for being found in illegal possession of firearm. Kojo Odera was arraigned before a Nairobi court and denied the count of being found in possession of the firearm. It was alleged on May 17, 2024 for being in possession […]
The court on Monday set the pre-trial conference for the Sh 209 M fake fertilizer scandal for July 17 when parties will agree on how the hearing will proceed. Anti-corruption magistrate Celesa Okore mentioned the matter to day and set the date after the prosecution informed court that it was yet serve the defence with […]
The high court on Thursday extended orders stopping arrest of Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o until February next year. This is after her lawyers led by Danstan Omari made an application for adjourned of the case and extension of the orders earlier granted. Justice Chacha Mwita allowed the application and directed that the submissions be […]
Former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu has pleaded with the court to drop graft the charges against him claiming that it was instituted because of his then support of President William Ruto. In the case, Waititu is charged alongside his wife Susan Wangari and the companies associated to them and they were found to have a […]
