COURT & LEGAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
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 […]
The pre-trial case in the matter where two directors of TRV Towers were charged with stealing Sh 112 million from the company has been adjourned to January 13 next year. This is after the DPP told Court that they were not ready to supply evidential materials to the defense hence sought an adjournment. Lawyer Justice […]
Former Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has won a land dispute case she filed against 18 people who had allegedly trespassed and built makeshift houses in her Sh 150 million property in Changamwe. ELC Judge Lucas Naikuni has ordered the said invaders to vacate the land and not to transact anything in relation to the land. […]
A manager at NCBA bank Kisii branch was on Monday detained in police custody after police asked court for time to investigate allegations of theft of over Sh 47 M from a Catholic Church account. Assistant Branch Operations Manager Phillip Kiprono Rotich has been detained at Kileleshwa Police Station for allegedly stealing millions of money […]
Two men who are alleged to have created a WhatsApp account in the name PS Raymond Omollo to defraud unsuspecting members of the public have been charged with impersonation. Dennis Kipchumba and Pikei Winston Gilbert were arraigned before a Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi with impersonating the Principal Secretary Ministry of Interior and National Adminstration. […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions has asked the high court to convict former Migori Governor Okoth Obado and two others for the murder of Sharon Otieno and her unborn baby. Obado, his personal assistant Michael Oyamo and the secretary Casper Obiero have been charged with the murder of Sharon and the unborn baby. After calling […]
