Tag: DPP

Petition filed to stop DPP from signing suspects’ charge sheets

Criminal cases countrywide will collapse if the High Court invalidates the mandate of the DPP to sign charge sheets against suspects. This follows a petition filed in court by businessman Amrik Singh Heer, a lobby group Sheria Mtaani and Shadrack Wambui seeking to declare that the DPP has no constitutional mandate to sign charge sheets […]

Primary School leaver in court for allegedly conning Qatari billionaire Ksh127.6M

A 28-year-old Kenyan national has been arraigned in court for allegedly conning Qatari billionaire 1.24M USD which translates to Ksh127,630,200. An assessment report in our possession indicates that Abdulrahaman Imraan Juma alias Abdul aka Rahaman only attained basic education and truancy has been cited as the reason for his failure to proceed to Secondary School. […]

DPP orders probe into Linturi’s ‘madoadoa’ remark in Eldoret

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has directed Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai to investigate the utterances by Meru Senator Mithika Linturi in Eldoret on Saturday. In a letter seen by K24 Digital, DPP said the remarks could incite feelings of hatred. “My attention has been drawn to a video circulating on social […]

Court orders DPP to prosecute man for lying that ex-wife assaulted him

A court in Lamu has ordered the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to pursue and prosecute an estranged husband for perjury in a case where he allegedly accused his ex-wife of grievous harm. Mpeketoni Resident Magistrate Pascal Nabwana in his judgment, issued orders for the estranged husband Titus Wachira to be prosecuted for perjury in […]

Jowie Irungu: Did he backslide after getting saved, releasing gospel song?

A Tuesday, September 14 move by the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) seeking to have Joseph Irungu alias Jowie remanded for violating bail conditions exposes the double life he has been leading since he was released on a ksh2 million bail in March 2020. Jowie who is the main suspect in the […]

Monica Kimani murder: Jowie Irungu in hot soup after he allegedly assaulted a man in pub while out on bond

The office of Director of Public Prosecutions is seeking to cancel bond terms of Jowie Irungu after he allegedly assaulted a man in a club while drunk. Through an application filed in court, the DPP claims that the matter was reported at Langata police station by one Rodgers Ochieng Okuta on March 7, 2021, at […]

Ex-Tetu MP Gethenji charged with assaulting security guard

Former Tetu Member of Parliament James Ndung’u Gethenji was on Monday charged with assaulting a security Guard at Kihingo village. Gethenji appeared before Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku and denied assaulting Godffrey Kirimi Mutua on February 5, 2021. He was charged after the court issued summons last week for him to plead to the charges. Mutuku […]