Senior police officers in trouble for assaulting High Court advocate
Two senior police officers were arraigned before a Nairobi court for assaulting Joseph Kinuthia Nyambura, an advocate of the High court. Officers Benedict Mugo and Moses Labu Kengere appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Wendy Kagendo but did not plead to the assault charge levelled against them by the state saying they needed more time to […]
Sakaja files petition in High Court challenging revocation of his Ugandan degree certificate
Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja has moved to the High court to challenge the decision of the Commission for University Education ( CUE) to revoke a degree certificate he acquired from a Ugandan university. In a judicial review petition filed at Milimani High Court, Sakaja wants the court to quash the CUE’s decision dated June 14 […]
Court temporarily stops JSC from recruiting new judges
The new recruitment process of 26 judges of the Court of Appeal and High Court faces a fresh hurdle after the High Court in Nairobi stopped Judicial Service Commission (JSC) from proceeding with the process. Justice Antony Mrima, in his ruling delivered on June 3, 2022, ordered JSC to temporarily stop its further action regarding […]
JSC shortlists Ex-IEBC chair Issack Hassan for Court of Appeal job
Former IEBC Chairman Ahmed Issack Hassan and vice-chair Lillian Mahiri-Zaja are among the candidates shortlisted by the Judicial Service Commission to become judges. A notice issued by JSC revealed that Hassan is among 31 candidates shortlisted for the Court of Appeal job while Mahiri-Zaja will face the interview panel for the High Court judge position. […]
Court freezes prison cleaner’s assets worth Ksh257M
If you thought the NYS cases against Josephine Kabura- the hairdresser and Ann Wambere Wanjiku Ngirita were shocking, wait till you hear about a prison cleaner Eric Kipkurui Mutui. According to EACC detectives, Kipkurui got a small chunk of Ksh 270 million believed to have been spirited away by corruption cartels at the Department of […]
High Court declares degree requirement for MP aspirants unconstitutional
The High Court on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, declared as unconstitutional section 22 of the Elections Act that requires all parliamentary aspirants in the August polls to have a university degree Section 22 (1) (b) (ii) of the Elections Act made it mandatory for aspirants for the position of MPs ( Members of the National […]
High Court declines to issue order stopping fresh registration of SIM cards
The High Court has declined to issue orders stopping the ongoing fresh Sim Card registration by the Communications Authority of Kenya. The High court deputy registrar directed the matter to be mentioned before Justice Edwig Ongudi on June 6th 2022 for further directions. Eliud Karanja Matindi, a Kenyan living in the United Kingdom, had in […]