COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
The High Court of Kenya has certified as urgent the Omnicare Medical case, where the facility, also known as Body by Design, is challenging the recent closure ordered by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) following the death of a patient after a plastic surgery procedure. Justice John Chigiti ruled the matter as […]
The state has been offered to pay residents of Mathare, Gwa Kairu, Mukuru Kwa Ruben and Kiamaiko a who were arbitrarily evicted from their homes by the government for allegedly building on riparian land. Justice Mogeni has ruled that the residents are entitled to a fair and just compensation for losses of personal, real or […]
Chief Justice Martha Koome has urged Kenyans especially politicians to embrace Alternative Dispute Resolution to resolve political disputes before going to court. Koome was speaking at the Supreme Court of Kenya @ 12 conference which was also graced by President William Ruto and DP Kithure Kindiki. Koome asked political leaders to solve political matters through […]
Omnicare Medical popularly known as Body by design has moved to court challenging the decision by the medical board to close down their facility after a patient died following a plastic surgery procedure. The Kenya Medical Dentists and Practitioners Board closed down the hospital on Thursday evening following alleged uproar from the victims family following […]
A three judge has now paved way for the swearing in of DP elect Kindiki Kithure after setting aside the order that had stopped him from assuming office. This is a blow to impeached DP Rigathi Gachagua who had secured the orders stopping the swearing in ceremony. The court ruled that the current constitutional framework […]
Parliament has urged a three judge bench hearing the impeachment case of DP Rigathi Gachagua to set aside the orders barring swearing in of DP elect Kithure Kindiki. The AG through lawyer Professor Githu Muigai argued that the constitution did not envisage a vacancy at the office of the Deputy President and the order barring […]
West Mugirango MP Stephen Mogaka has written to the DCI requesting for investigations into misappropriation of over Sh 1 billion at the Nyamira County. In a letter to the DCI, Mogaka says that he was writing in a bid to seek for investigations into alleged embezzlement of funds amounting to over Sh 1 billion by […]
Embattled DP Rigathi Gachagua has urged the three judge bench not to lift orders that has barred DP elect Kindiki Kithure from being sworn into office. Through his lawyers, Gachagua has asked the judges to preserve the substratum of his case by upholding the conservatory orders pending hearing and determination of his case challenging the […]
Businessman Yagnesh Devani was freed on Monday after the court granted an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to withdraw graft charges against him in the multi-billion Triton Oil case. In the application, the DPP cited the death of several key witnesses as the basis for withdrawing the charges. The court concurred, noting […]
