A 33-year-old man was on Monday charged with embezzling and handling stolen property. Peter Mumo Mutuku, faced charges of embezzling Sh327,000 from Cooperative Bank, Stima Plaza branch in Nairobi. The alleged theft, which targeted the bank account of Koki and Associates, reportedly occurred on March 10, 2021. Mutuku not only faces charges of theft but also stands accused of handling stolen property, as per the charge sheet presented before Senior Principal Magistrate Gilbert Shikwe at Milimani, Nairobi. “Peter Mumo Mutuku on March 10, 2021, at Cooperative Bank, Stima Plaza Branch in Nairobi County within the Republic of Kenya otherwise than…
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Two middle-aged men were on Monday charged with abducting a man in Imara Daima within Nairobi county. They appeared before a Milimani chief magistrate court, Nairobi. The two, Ian Osoro Morara and Kevin Nyakwama Nyabuti were charged that on November 11, 2023 at Imara Daima within Nairobi county, abducted Ephantus Ngari Nyaga with intent to have him secretly and wrongly confined. They denied the charge. They are also jointly charged with another count of stealing the abductee’s mobile phone make Nokia valued at Sh8,500. Alternatively, Nyabuti was accused of dishonestly retaining the abductee’s phone in the course of stealing knowing…
The Employment and Labour Relation Court ordered the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) to pay Sh1.7 million to a former employee who was forced to resign due to the mishandling of her sexual harassment complaint against her supervisor. This is after Evelyne Cherotich Maiyo, through her lawyer Paul Macharia, moved to court accusing the bank of mishandling the complaints and unlawful termination. While delivering the judgement, Justice Linet Ndolo shed light on the crucial issue of workplace harassment and stressed the importance of swift and thorough investigations. The court awarded the woman Sh1.7 million after she won her case of constructive…
President William Ruto’s plan to deploy police to Haiti suffered a blow after a court stopped the mission. High Court judge Justice Chacha Mwita said the National Security Council, which includes the President, does not have the powers to deploy regular police outside of the country. In a ruling issued by High Court Judge Chacha Mwita on Friday January 26 noted that the National Security Council and National Police Service do not have powers to deploy police outside the country. Mwita made the ruling following an application made by Thirdway Alliance Party leader Ekuru Aukot who wanted the court to…
The Law Society of Kenya came out to fight for senior counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi by seeking to quash the decision of the Supreme Court that banned him and his law firm from appearing before it. In a petition filed before the Milimani law Courts, LSK through advocate Gitau Singh said the decision by the Apex court was unfair and unreasonable. He said that the court condemned the senior counsel, his employees or any other person holding brief for him, without affording them an opportunity to be heard despite the ‘serious nature of the allegations and veracity of the decision’. The…
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) election board is set to hold a virtual meeting on January 31 in response to a complaint lodged by Wambui Shadrack Kinyanjui, a candidate for the position of Nairobi representative. Dr Owiso Owiso, the board secretary, has also requested prompt confirmation from Wambui regarding reliance on oral submissions or written complaints. Last week, the board invalidated Wambui’s nomination for Nairobi Representative in the 2024 LSK Council Elections. The decision was based on the determination that the nominator, Munyithya Justus Maithya, practicing in Mombasa, did not meet the qualifications outlined in the Law Society of…