The Director of Public Prosecutions has secured the conviction of four accused persons in a robbery with violence case arising from an attack in Rongai Sub-County, Nakuru County. The Molo Magistrate’s Court found Knab Ouma Obach (1st Accused), Abraham Isaac Oriosa (2nd Accused), Dennis Nyariki Nyareeru (3rd Accused), and James Changamu Nchore (4th Accused) guilty…
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Cabinet Raphael Tuju has moved to court seek anticipatory bail over constant threat of arrest and harassment by police and prosecution agencies. In his ex parte application, Tuju has claimed that he was trailed by unmarked vehicles on March 21 and was forced to abandon his car and seek refuge at a secure…
Two residents of Maua, Meru County have been sentenced to death following conviction of violently robbing a woman in Meru County. The two,Douglas Muriithi and Antony Mugendi were found guilty of robbery with violence after stealing cash amounting to KSh 5,700, 87 kilograms of sugar valued at KSh 13,050, and 17 kilograms of onions worth KSh…
A middle-aged man has been charged with murder in Kericho for allegedly killing his mother. Julius Cheruiyot Bett was charged with the offence of murder contrary to Section 203 as read with Section 204 of the penal code. The director of public prosecution, led by David Fedha, told the court that the accused person murdered…
Motorists have received temporary relief after the High Court of Kenya suspended the enforcement of automated instant traffic fines introduced by the National Transport and Safety Authority. In conservatory orders issued on Thursday, Justice Bahati Mwamuye barred NTSA and the Office of the Attorney General from issuing, generating, demanding or enforcing traffic penalties produced through…
The Court of Appeal has declared two provisions of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act unconstitutional, ruling that they were drafted too broadly and could potentially criminalize innocent conduct. In a judgment delivered on Friday, March 6, Justice Aggrey Muchelule said Sections 22 and 23 of the law were overly broad and risked unfairly targeting…
Former Ferdinand Waititu has been released from custody after the High Court of Kenya revised his bail terms as he awaits the outcome of his appeal in the Sh588 million Kiambu roads graft case. The development emerged on Thursday when the matter came up for mention before the court’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division. Waititu’s…
A forty-year-old pedophile Jonathan Mutuku has been sentenced for life after he was convicted of convicted of defiling and sexually assaulting three school-going girls in Mombasa. The conviction came after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) presented evidence before Mombasa Resident Magistrate Green Odera on two counts of defilement contrary to Section 8(1) as read…
A Thai national has been sentenced to 27 years’ imprisonment by Senior Principal Magistrate Irene Gichobi at the JKIA Law Courts for trafficking narcotic drugs. Netima Ngamsap was charged and found guilty of trafficking 2,092 grams of cocaine valued at Sh8,368,000. The court heard that the drugs were concealed in a false bottom of a…
The High Court has summoned a key witness to testify in proceedings related to the mysterious disappearance of security expert Mwenda Mbijiwe. Justice Martin Moya ordered the witness to appear in court following an application by Evans Ondieki, the lawyer representing Mbijiwe’s family, during a hearing of the case. In an affidavit filed before the…
