Latest court stories from across Kenya.
The Senate has moved to the Court of Appeal to challenge a High Court decision that found flaws in the impeachment proceedings against former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. The appeal was filed by the Speaker of the Senate Amason Kingi…
A man was charged before a Mombasa court over an alleged attempt to traffic methamphetamine valued at Sh114.5 million, in a case prosecutors say could be linked to a larger drug trafficking case involving six Iranian nationals. Martin…
Two companies at the centre of the controversial Ruaraka land dispute have moved to the High Court seeking to stop the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) from recovering Sh1.5 billion pending the determination of their appeal…
A Nairobi court has acquitted nine of 11 suspects in a long-running cyber fraud case in which prosecutors alleged a syndicate hacked the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and fraudulently obtained about Sh3.9 billion. Milimani Chief Magistrate…
A man moved to the High Court seeking to stop a directive by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) requiring importers to transfer domestic cargo to designated Container Freight Stations (CFSs). The petitioner…
The High Court has dealt a setback to Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi after granting orders temporarily stopping the prosecution of senior executives from Co-operative Bank, KCB Bank and NCBA Bank in the Sh363 million First…
A decade-long pursuit for justice finally bore fruit after the High Court in Meru sentenced Lochuku Lekepei to 10 years imprisonment for manslaughter over the 2015 disappearance and death of Morris Munene Mate. Mate was an Isiolo GK Prison…
The High Court in Kisumu upheld the constitutional independence of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) after dismissing a petition by four foreign nationals seeking to stop their prosecution over an alleged aircraft forgery scheme.…
The High Court has dismissed applications by several suppliers seeking to lift orders freezing the payment of more than Sh6.1 billion in pending bills owed by the National Youth Service (NYS). In a ruling delivered virtually on July 31,…
A Milimani Commercial Magistrate’s Court has ordered East African Breweries Plc (EABL) to deposit Sh10 million as security pending the hearing and determination of a commercial dispute filed by digital marketing firm Steizon Limited, a…
Rally driver Maxine Wahome was Tuesday acquitted of the murder of her late boyfriend, Asad Khan, after the High Court found that the prosecution had failed to present sufficient evidence linking her to his death. Justice Lilian Mutende, in…
A protected prosecution witness on Monday testified before the High Court that he was instructed by former Central Police Station Officer Commanding Station (OCS) Samson Talaam and another officer identified only as “AA” to format the…
The Judiciary on Monday dismissed the Law Society of Kenya’s (LSK) planned nationwide court boycott as “inappropriate and disproportionate,” maintaining that all courts will remain operational on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, despite…
A Milimani Commercial Magistrate’s Court issued interim orders restraining Cape Media Limited, the parent company of TV47, from publishing or broadcasting any content suggesting that city lawyer Danstan Omari is not a duly admitted,…
A petition was filed before the High Court in Nairobi seeking disciplinary action and the possible removal from office of Mumias East Member of Parliament Peter Salasya over allegations of assault and the promotion of cannabis-infused…
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by a couple seeking to suspend a High Court decision that stopped criminal investigations into an IVF and surrogacy arrangement, finding that although their intended appeal was arguable,…
The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision declaring that airport handling services provided for the export of cut flowers qualify as zero-rated exported services under the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act, dismissing an appeal by the…
The Court of Appeal has overturned the disqualification of Sintmond Group Limited from a Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) tender for the sale of carbon credits, ruling that procuring entities cannot use the due diligence…
Peter Oyan, a follower of Prophet Dr. David Owuor and the Ministry of Repentance and Holiness, has withdrawn a complaint he lodged against a television broadcaster over reports questioning his testimony that he was healed of HIV. The…
The High Court dismissed a Petition that sought to have Parliament found in breach of its mandate over delayed enactment of a law for recall of elected leaders by the electorate. In the Judgement delivered by Justice Roselyne Aburili, the…
A dramatic twist unfolded at the Kisii Law Courts on Monday after seven suspects linked to the deadly Friday attack on the Linda Mwananchi convoy in Keumbu failed to take a plea when both the investigating officer and the prosecutor failed…
The Supreme Court will begin its annual August recess on Saturday, August 1, 2026, Chief Justice Martha Koome has announced. In a Gazette Notice dated July 3, 2026, Koome said the recess will run until Tuesday, September 15, 2026, both…
The High Court ordered the release of Halima Ngache, a woman accused of operating an X account that allegedly published information about President William Ruto’s flight movements. Justice Alexander Muteti directed that Ngache, who is also…
The High Court has ordered a judicial inquiry into the mental capacity of Martha Mwango Nyachae, whose power of attorney is at the center of a dispute over the management of the late Simeon Nyachae’s family companies. In a ruling delivered…
