COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
Marsabit County got a major boost towards access to justice as Chief Justice Martha Koome launched the Alternative Justice Systems and Court Annexed Mediation which will help residents get access to justice. Koome said that these initiative would not only bring services closer to the people, but also significantly reduce the cost and time of […]
A woman has today emotionally recounted the day she was forced by police officers to strip naked and stand on top of a table to be searched for suspicion of having a gun. Emma Nyambura Wairimu was giving her testimony before Magistrate Robinson Ondieki to defend herself against robbery with violence charges. She is charged […]
A woman who posed as a Teacher Service Commission official in order to defraud a Graduate by lying to her that she would help her secure a job of a teacher has been charged. Beautris Mutwa Nzambu was arraigned before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi and charged with obtaining money by false pretenses. It […]
A Fourth-year student at Moi University who posted a photo on X claiming to be the casket of President William Ruto leaving Lee Funeral Home was on Monday charged with computer misuse and cybercrime. It was alleged that David Mokaya posted the said picture on his X account with the said photo claiming the president […]
Nominated Senator Crystal Asige who is a former member of Sol Generation has sued the music label associated to popular group Sauti Sol accusing them of exploiting her In the case, Asige accuses of exploiting her disability by using lyrics she composed in their hit song ‘extravaganza’ and not paying her royalties. She claims that […]
Six people who were arraigned in court last week for allegedly swindling millions of money from NHIF by using fake surgical claims have been charged with fraud. The six are Otieno Kennedy, John Muli, Mohamed Bwana Mkuu, Sharon Muoko, Risper Moraa and Joseph Oduor. They are all accused of making forged Preauthorization forms, discharge summary […]
A Nairobi court has today condemned the decision by police to keep Comedian Eric Omondi in cells over the weekend for a misdemeanor offense. Magistrate BenMark Ekhubi said the investigations officer should have allowed Eric to go home as he had already paid a police cash bail. The court said the offense he was charged […]
A man who lied to police that his wife had been kidnapped alongside his two children when in fact she was with her husband in Narok has pleaded guilty to giving false information to the police. Brian Luseka Andole confessed before Magistrate Benmak Ekhubi that on November 9 at Kitusuru Police Post in Nairobi falsely […]
Suspected scammers who have obtained millions from NHIF using fake medical claim forms using Joy Nursing and Maternity Ltd arraigned in court to face fraud charges on Monday next week. The suspets are Otieno Kennedy Tindi, Joy Nursing and Maternity Ltd, John Muli Mulandi, Mohammed Ali Bwana Mkuu, Sharon Muoko and Risper Moraa. They were […]
