Author: Joseph Ndunda

Kimani Ichung’wa faults high court ruling on National Assembly majority status Feb 19, 2025

Ichung’wa faulted the court for not recognising the implications of its decision while awaiting a resolution on which party holds the majority and whi...

Waititu's bail application pending appeal hearing to be heard on Monday Feb 18, 2025

He seeks to be released on bond pending the hearing of his appeal, which he filed to overturn his conviction and set aside the 12-year sentence, which...

Sarah Wairimu to remain in custody after being denied bail in Cohen murder case Feb 18, 2025

Lady Justice Diana Mochache said the likelihood to intimidate or interfere with the witnesses has been proved with sufficient evidence, adding that th...

Waititu appeals Sh588 million corruption verdict, claims unfair trial Feb 17, 2025

Waititu argues that the court erred in law and fact by failing to consider "key exceptional and unusual circumstances" crucial to determining the case...

Court rules Waititu to serve 12 years in jail or pay Sh53.5m fine after conviction in Sh588m fraud case Feb 13, 2025

At the same time, the court ruled that all the convicts are barred from holding public office for 10 years.

Ferdinand Waititu says he lost everything as he pleads for non-custodial sentence Feb 12, 2025

Through lawyer John Swaka, Waititu told Chief Magistrate Thomas Nzioki that he had been dragged through the mud by the case that had brought him to th...

Waititu, wife found guilty of looting Sh588 million from Kiambu County government Feb 12, 2025

Chief Magistrate Thomas Nzioki of the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court acquitted the accused of charges of money laundering.

Murder suspect Hashim Dagane worked for Ethiopian Army, holds Somali passport and Kenyan ID Feb 11, 2025

The DCI investigations did not disclose the specific time Hashim relocated to Garissa and later to Nairobi but it shows that in February 2024, he was...

Supreme Court softens stance on Ahmednasir, hints at possible reconsideration Feb 06, 2025

After Supreme Court judge Smokin Wanjala certified an application urging the court to review its decision against Ahmednasir as urgent, Koome has give...

Petition seeks to bar panel from recruiting IEBC chairman, commissioners Feb 05, 2025

The activists argue that the panel's composition and operations raise serious concerns, particularly that political parties have dominated and are lea...

Contradictions emerge in police testimonies at inquest into Rex Masai’s killing Feb 05, 2025

This version of events contradicts the testimony of former Nairobi Police Commander Adamson Bungei, who previously told the inquest that police were o...

Bungei says no police operational order records to show who shot Rex Masai Feb 05, 2025

Masai had been shot in the left thigh and bled to death as medics tried to save his life.

Court orders NTSA, police to release impounded matatus, number plates Feb 03, 2025

Justice Bahati Mwamuye of the High Court in Nairobi issued the ruling after the vehicles, operating on the Nairobi–Rongai, Kiambu Road, Embakasi, and...

Tana River woman seeks justice after Losing Sh27.8 million in alleged fraud Feb 03, 2025

Rahma reported the matter to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) at Kilimani, Nairobi, on January 2, 2025, leading to the arrest of Abdul...

Cohen murder: Sarah Wairimu detained as DPP cites contradictory statements Feb 03, 2025

These inconsistencies in Sarah's response are part of what the DPP wants to use to prove that Sarah had a motive and intention of murdering Cohen. The...

DPP seeks removal from abduction case, calls petition ‘fatally defective’ Jan 31, 2025

The application says the DPP was wrongly sued and improperly enjoined as a respondent hence his continued participation in the case is prejudicial to...

Ex-Capital Markets Authority chairman charged with Sh102 million fraud Jan 31, 2025

Nesbit, a former Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) chairman is accused of colluding with Boytorun Mehment Bulent and a company they co-own to defr...

Dragging IG of Police, DCI to court over abductions compromising national security - Murkomen Jan 30, 2025

When he appeared before Justice Chacha Mwita, Kanja said he instructed the DCI boss to carry out swift investigations into matters of the disappearanc...

Baby Pendo murder case: Court gives DPP 30 days to review charges, find missing suspect Jan 30, 2025

Ingonga must liaise with the police to trace retired police officer Mohammed Amin within the duration, to be charged with the murder of the six-year-o...

Bodies of two missing Mlolongo men found at City Mortuary Jan 30, 2025

IG of Police Douglas Kanja categorically stated that none of the abducted men was in the custody of the police.

Win for Isiolo residents as court orders closure of conservancies on community land Jan 30, 2025

They sued Northern Rangelands Trust which was operating as the umbrella for CBOs running wildlife conservancies in unregistered community lands.

Trial involving 11 police officers accused of killing Baby Pendo deferred again Jan 29, 2025

ODPP's Mark Barasa applied to have the plea deferred by 45 days to allow apprehension of Mohammed Baa, who is still at large.

Nullification of North Eastern 2019 census results proves state's ‘low population’ mischief Jan 29, 2025

The leaders tabled the actual enumerated population numbers obtained from the enumerators to prove the 2019 census results published by the KNBS were...

KNCHR mounts pressure on NIS officers to end widespread abductions Jan 28, 2025

The commission says the NPS including the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and NIS have a duty to produce or explain the whereabouts of al...

Student under probe for diverting school capitation fee into his account Jan 27, 2025

The bank reported that Sh1, 173, 352 was fraudulently diverted to the account held by Gideon Kibet Langat at the bank's Nandi Hills branch the previou...

DCI warned against torturing man who posted Ruto's image in casket Jan 27, 2025

Ashiko was arrested in Bungoma County on January 24 and escorted to Nairobi where he was held at the Muthaiga police station

How Tob Cohen was tortured and starved before death - Postmortem Jan 24, 2025

Cohen had reportedly "disappeared" from his home on the night of July 19-20, 2019, before his decomposing body was recovered from an underground septi...

Gachagua impeachment: Court declines application to delay hearing of petitions Jan 23, 2025

Justice Ogola said there are no orders from the court of appeal stopping his bench from further proceeding with determining the issues before it and i...

Court gives Kanja last chance to explain whereabouts of four men abducted in Mlolongo Jan 23, 2025

The judge also dismissed the IG's application to have the orders stayed as he prepared to appeal against them.

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