The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Renson Ingonga, has urged the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to adopt prosecution-guided investigations, saying the approach will strengthen corruption cases and improve conviction rates. Speaking during a consultative meeting between the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the EACC, Ingonga said early collaboration between prosecutors…
Two convicts have been handed a life sentence after they were separately found guilty of defiling four minors in Changamwe and Jomvu sub-Counties in Mombasa County. In the first case, Resident Magistrate Hon. Green Odera sentenced Darius Mboga alias Kevo, 32, on three counts of defilement contrary to Sections 8(3) and 8(4) of the Sexual…
A woman arrested over allegations that she was linked to an X account tracking President William Ruto’s flight movements has been released after a court closed an application seeking to continue detaining her. The decision followed the expiry of an earlier detention order granted to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), with the court declining…
A Tanzanian truck driver and a Kenyan national have been charged by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) with trafficking cannabis worth more than Sh10 million. Paul Ogolla Ogutu, alias Ogola, and Emmanuel Ndoro Chaka, alias Ndoro, appeared before Mombasa Resident Magistrate Jamlick Muriithi Mwenda, where they denied charges of trafficking narcotic drugs contrary to…
Health Cabinet Secretary Adan Duale has been summoned in court over contempt by proceeding with the construction of an Ebola quarantine and treatment facility at the Laikipia Air Base despite the court issuing orders suspending the construction. In her summons earlier today, Lady Justice Patricia Nyaundi asked the CS to appear before the court on…
The Naivasha Law Courts has today accepted an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to detain nine Utumishi Girls Academy students for 21 days to facilitate investigations into an arson attack that claimed the lives of 16 students and caused extensive destruction of property. In allowing the application, the court agreed with the…
The Embu High Court has upheld the election of Mbeere North Member of Parliament Leo Wamuthende after ruling that the petitioner failed to prove that the alleged irregularities substantially affected the outcome of the poll. According to the judgment, while several electoral irregularities and malpractices were established during scrutiny, the evidence presented did not meet…
The murder trial involving controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, Shirlyne Temba, and six other accused persons continued this week before Lady Justice Wendi K. Micheni at the Mombasa High Court, with the prosecution presenting testimony from 20 witnesses on the tragic events linked to Kwa Binzaro in Malindi. The witnesses gave emotional and detailed accounts…
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening whistleblower protection frameworks as part of broader efforts to enhance transparency and accountability in the justice system. Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Hassan Abdi, represented the Director of Public Prosecutions, Renson Ingonga CBS, OGW, at a multi-stakeholder sensitization…
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…
