Latest courts stories from across Kenya.
The Environment and Land Court has restrained Shanta Gold from undertaking mining related activities on private land in parts of Siaya County without the express consent of registered landowners.
The Environment and Land Court has restrained Shanta Gold from undertaking mining related activities on private land in parts of Siaya County without the express consent of registered landowners.
Court found that it raised a public law dispute brought by a citizen who had no direct or indirect employment relationship with the KRA.
The court further directed the relevant mining authorities not to issue a mining licence for application number 0200, which relates to the Ramula Mboma.
Justice Francis Gikonyo has ordered Sakaja to respond to contempt proceedings as ex-finance chief Charles Kerich is summoned over unpaid legal fees.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) urged the court to order the extradition of Brian Kiprop Kiplagat to the United Kingdom to face charges, including the alleged murder of fellow Kenyan Marianne Kilonzi. Senior Assistant Director of…
The Court of Appeal has declined to certify as urgent an application by the Attorney General seeking to suspend a High Court judgment declaring Kenya’s Cabinet unconstitutional for failing to comply with the two-thirds gender rule. The…
The High Court dismissed TSC's application to lift orders suspending a circular regulating teachers' social media conduct.
The High Court in Nairobi has ruled that President William Ruto’s directives reserving 20 per cent of affordable housing units for teachers and police officers have no legal effect without a statutory or policy basis. Justice Patricia…
Investigators are working to establish the identity of the suspect, but the lack of CCTV cameras in the court building has hampered efforts to trace.
The High Court has rejected the Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) bid to lift orders that suspended the implementation of its circular regulating teachers’ social media conduct. In its October 29 ruling, the court found that petitioner…
The prosecution secured a death sentence against Duncan Livingstone Kimathi, a former student of the United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa), for the murder of his fellow student, Sarah Akello Aruwa, in a case involving…
Brian Kiprop Kiplagat faces allegations including murder, manslaughter, perverting the course of justice and fraud by false representation.
The High Court in Kisumu has halted the removal, transportation and disposal of railway scrap metal and other infrastructure materials belonging to Kenya Railways Corporation amid allegations that public assets are being moved to a private…
The court ruled that the petition raises substantial questions about freedom of expression, public participation and the commission’s exercise of its.
The case is challenging a proposed car park, access road, pedestrian bridge, and relocation of the Nairobi Animal Orphanage within the protected ecosystem.
The Environment and Land Court in Thika has halted the planned construction of an affordable housing project on a 58-acre parcel of land in Githunguri, Kiambu County, pending the hearing and determination of a petition challenging the…
A human rights organisation has moved to the High Court in Nairobi seeking orders compelling security agencies to produce Tanzanian opposition activist Twaha Mwaipaya, who was allegedly abducted by armed men in Kamulu, Machakos County.…
A petition has been filed at the Employment and Labour Relations Court seeking to suspend the ongoing recruitment process at the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC), accusing the institution of violating constitutional and statutory…
Mugane wants the court to declare the recruitment process unconstitutional and unlawful, arguing that the college failed to adhere to its human resource.
The petition was presented by an interdenominational clerics and families who have lost relatives to what they described as chemically adulterated chang'aa
Magistrate Paul Mutai ruled that Sammy Murigi Maina will remain in custody until key prosecution witnesses testify, citing compelling reasons to deny him bail at this stage of the proceedings.
Justice Diana Kavedza urged the defence team to exercise patience, saying the court would expedite the trial while balancing the rights of suspects and victims.
A coalition of human rights organisations has petitioned the High Court in Nairobi over what they describe as an escalating pattern of organised violence targeting political gatherings, religious services, journalists and civic activities…
