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Kahawa Law Courts Senior Principal Magistrate Gideon Kiage warned that failure to report progress would result in the immediate return of the gadgets.
Kenya scored only 36 per cent in the general framework for protecting human rights defenders, with KNCHR citing the absence of a specific protection l...
EACC chairperson Dr David Oginde revealed that the leaders, particularly in marginalised regions, are diverting money meant for development to invest...
MP Kihara is accused of uttering offensive words during a public gathering in Nairobi on July 8, 2025, with the intent to provoke violence.
Police in Clearwater, Florida, said Hulk Hogan suffered cardiac arrest at his home on Thursday morning and was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Justice Chacha Mwita directed the two agencies to refrain from taking any action against the governor until the determination of a petition filed unde...
Salman Haji and his alleged accomplice, Ilyiss Abdi, also aged 20, are facing charges of murder, robbery, and attempted robbery in connection with the...
The activist, who appeared before Magistrate Gideon Kiage of Kahawa Law Courts, had been accused by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations of bein...
Police claim the items they allegedly recovered at his office (two unused tear gas canisters and one blank round of 7.62mm ammunition) are evidence of...
Njeri accused police of deliberately targeting Mwangi by raiding his office with a predetermined plan saying that authorities arrived already aware of...
Unlike live ammunition, blank rounds do not fire actual bullets but produce noise and muzzle flash to simulate real gunfire, making them suitable for...
DCI confirmed that the activist is being held at Pangani Police Station as he undergoes processing ahead of the arraignment scheduled for Monday.
Mwangi’s arrest occurred just a day after he and Ugandan journalist and lawyer Agather Atuhaire filed a human rights case at the East African Court of...
MP Jayne Kihara’s legal team argued in court that the charges were politically motivated and lacked substance, while the prosecution sought to block h...
Kihara was arrested on Thursday afternoon at her home in Maraigushu, Nakuru County, in a dramatic operation livestreamed on her Facebook page.
Lawyer Wahome Thuku confirmed that the IT expert had been in hiding since June 20, stating that he feared for his life after learning that DCI officer...
As Matiri remained behind his locked door, he recorded a series of videos shared on X, showing the officers—some dressed in casual clothing—persistent...
In 2017, four years later, the court unconditionally released Ouma and Atelu, finding them not guilty of any wrongdoing. Justice John Mativo ruled tha...
Mwangi was expected to appear before Milimani Court Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina to answer to the assault allegation, but failed to show up.
Marsabit Governor Mohamed Ali, who appeared before the committee, said he is still waiting to be told why he was arrested and paraded publicly without...
Principal Magistrate Peter Mutai also dismissed Peter Salasya’s claims of being tortured in custody, citing a lack of evidence.
Atuhaire said she was blindfolded, beaten, violently stripped, and sexually assaulted by individuals in plain clothes who detained her.
Mudavadi urged Kenyans to understand the broader context, stressing that Kenya’s prosperity depends on building bridges with its neighbours rather tha...
The activist’s detention had sparked widespread outrage, seen by many as an arbitrary move that violated both bilateral and international norms.
The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs urged Tanzania to "expeditiously and without delay facilitate consular access to or release of Mwangi."
Maraga said Mwangi has been detained without access to a lawyer, the courts or Kenyan consular officials, which goes against international human right...
Mwangi was arrested on Monday, May 19, 2025, in Dar es Salaam, alongside Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire after they flew to Tanzania to attend a cou...
Mwangi had earlier warned that his life was in danger after armed men, claiming to be police officers, showed up at his hotel room in Dar es Salaam on...
Natembeya on Tuesday appeared before Chief Magistrate Peter Ondieki facing allegations of irregular financial dealings involving millions of shillings...
According to Salasya's lawyer, Echesa, the DCI said they are investigating him for publishing false information bordering on ethnic vilification and i...
