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 […]
Magistrate who was nabbed with alleged 17-year-old girl inside Kaplong lodging moves to stop his prosecution at High Court
Kisii magistrate James Ongondo has petitioned the High Court seeking to stop the DPP and the DCI from prosecuting him over alleged defilement allegations. In documents filed in court, Ongondo who was arrested on Friday last week in a lodging with a 17-year-old girl in Kaplong, Sotik in Bomet county, wants the High Court to […]
High Court stops IEBC from questioning Sabina Chege over her vote-rigging remarks
It’s a relief to Murang’a Women Representative Sabina Chege after the High Court stopped the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission from hearing her case over the vote-rigging claims remarks she made at a political rally. Justice Anthony Mrima quashed the summons issued to her by IEBC saying that the electoral body does not have powers […]
Murgor wants govt to pay Ksh100M as compensation for his clients in assault case
Murgor sisters and two others now want the High Court to compel the government to pay them Ksh100 million as compensation for what they call a violation of their rights over their alleged prosecution in an assault case. In documents filed in court challenging their prosecution, the sisters; Cheryll and Stephanie Murgor, Samuel Dennis Ramdas […]