Latest court stories from across Kenya.
The High Court Friday struck down sections of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2025, that allowed a state committee to order the blocking of websites and online applications without first obtaining court approval.…
A Milimani Chief Magistrate’s Court has granted the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) three days to continue investigating a woman accused of operating an X account that allegedly published information tracking the movements of…
Parents of learners at Gatoto Community Primary School in Mukuru kwa Njenga have vowed to challenge a High Court decision directing that the school be registered as a privately managed Alternative Provision of Basic Education and Training…
Two separate constitutional petitions have been filed before the High Court in Nairobi seeking to suspend the implementation of the Traffic (Motor Vehicle Inspection) Rules, 2026, just days before the regulations are scheduled to take…
The High Court has granted Cape Holdings Limited leave to amend its constitutional petition challenging the enforcement of a Sh10.68 billion decretal sum and include the National Assembly as the third respondent in proceedings. When the…
Chief Justice Martha Koome has made a series of appointments to key tribunals, naming new chairpersons and members to serve in various dispute resolution bodies. In a Gazette Notice dated June 26, 2026, the Chief Justice appointed Janet…
A constitutional petition has been filed before the High Court in Nairobi, with Cape Holdings Limited and two of its directors seeking to halt the enforcement of a Sh10.68 billion decretal sum, arguing that a substantial portion of the…
The Transport Licensing Appeals Board has suspended the National Transport and Safety Authority’s (NTSA) decision to revoke Nicco Movers Limited’s Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operator licence, allowing the Sacco to resume operations…
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has avoided a jail term after the High Court declined to sentence him in contempt proceedings linked to the controversial Ebola quarantine facility in Nanyuki. Instead, the court accepted his apology and…
A man accused of conspiring to defraud another of USD394,209 (approximately Sh51 million) will remain in custody until March 2, 2026 when the court will rule on whether to release him on bail. The accused appeared before Principal…
Chief Justice and Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Chairperson Martha Koome has reappointed several members to various tribunals, according to a gazette notice dated June 12, 2026. In the notice, Koome reappointed Winnie Luvuno Tsuma as a…
The High Court suspended the operations of Rology Medical Kenya Limited, finding that the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) failed in its statutory and constitutional duty to register and regulate the teleradiology…
The High Court has certified as urgent an application by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and Katiba Institute seeking contempt proceedings against the Attorney-General and the Cabinet Secretary for Health over the alleged defiance of court…
The High Court temporarily suspended the appointment of three directors to the board of the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO), pending the hearing of a petition challenging the legality of their recruitment under the…
The County Government of Laikipia has urged the High Court to halt further steps toward the establishment of a proposed Ebola treatment and isolation facility at the Laikipia Air Base. The County argued that the project threatens the…
A five-judge bench sitting in the Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court in Nairobi declared unconstitutional the advisory issued by former Chief Justice David Maraga recommending the dissolution of Parliament over…
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has urged the High Court to throw out petitions challenging the government’s Ebola preparedness initiatives. He insisted that plans to establish an isolation and treatment centre at the Laikipia airbase…
Businesswoman Mercy Chebet Chelel has threatened to sue fellow Rongai parliamentary aspirant Tonny Kipkurui Wendot, seeking Sh50 million in damages over remarks that her lawyers say promoted female genital mutilation and undermined her…
The High Court dismissed a habeas corpus application seeking to compel the government to produce missing security analyst and former military officer Mwenda Mbijiwe. The court found that there was insufficient evidence to show he was being…
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) filed a petition before the High Court in Nairobi seeking to block the government from allowing the United States to establish an Ebola quarantine and treatment facility on Kenyan soil. The LSK is challenging…
Katiba Institute filed an urgent petition before the High Court in Nairobi seeking to stop the government from establishing a quarantine facility for American citizens exposed to Ebola. It argued the arrangement is being undertaken without…
A Milimani High Court judge has declined to certify as urgent an application seeking the immediate release of a brain surgery patient from Nairobi Adventist Hospital. Instead, Lady Justice Patricia Nyaundi directed that the hospital be…
The High Court has temporarily stopped the planned auction of the high-value 14 Riverside office complex, granting the property’s owners a reprieve just days before the scheduled sale. Justice Moses Ado issued the interim orders after Cape…
A petition was filed on Monday at the High Court in Nairobi seeking to stop commercial banks from unilaterally increasing interest rates, default charges, and other loan-related fees. The case filed by Francis Awino sought conservatory…
