A Milimani Anti-Corruption Court has released two former public officers accused of using forged academic certificates to secure employment in government institutions. Kenneth Mwiti Kiogora, a former Second Clerk Assistant at the Kiambu County Assembly, and Daniel Mukoya Olando, a former Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) employee, were separately charged after being arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). The two were arraigned after spending a night in custody and denied the charges against them. Mwiti is accused of forging a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate and presenting it as a genuine document issued by the Kenya National…
Author: Pinnah Mokeira
Infinity Industrial Park Limited has asked the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to investigate the conduct of Bank of Baroda (Kenya) Limited in its dealings with the industrial park following a High Court ruling that nullified the bank’s move to place the company under administration. Infinity lodged a formal complaint with the banking regulator, seeking a supervisory review of the bank’s conduct and consideration of any regulatory action that CBK may deem appropriate. The complaint follows a September 24, 2026 ruling by the High Court in Nairobi in Bank of Baroda Kenya Limited v Infinity Industrial Park Limited (HCCOMMIN/E132/2026), in…
The Supreme Court of Kenya vacated its earlier order of recusal, allowing four of its judges to participate in the pending appeal in the long-running dispute between Dari Limited and five others and the East African Development Bank. In a ruling delivered on Friday, a five-judge bench comprising Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, Justices Smokin Wanjala, Njoki Ndung’u, William Ouko and Mohammed Warsame, allowed a Notice of Motion dated May 13, which sought to review, vary, vacate, and set aside the recusal decision made on October 11, 2024. The recusal order had been precipitated by a complaint lodged by the…
The Chief Magistrate’s Court at Milimani Friday granted the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) 15 days to continue detaining four suspects linked to the murder of Nairobi lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu, pending investigations. Chief Magistrate Gethi Kibiru ordered the four suspects Julias Cheruiyot, Nicholas Naula Lemiso, Noah Kipkurui Langat and Kennedy Kipkemei will be held at Gigiri, Parklands, Kibra and Muthangari police stations respectively. Mbobu, a city lawyer and partner at Kyalo and Associates in Nairobi’s Central Business District, was gunned down on the evening of September 9, 2025, while driving his white Toyota Land Cruiser near Brookhouse International School…
The High Court nullified the appointment of joint administrators over Infinity Industrial Park Limited, ruling that Bank of Baroda (Kenya) Limited improperly invoked insolvency laws in an attempt to take control of the company while a related commercial dispute remained unresolved. In a judgment delivered at the Milimani Commercial Court, Lady Justice Dr. Freda Githiru Mugambi held that the bank’s decision to place the company under administration amounted to an improper use of the insolvency jurisdiction, and set aside the appointment in its entirety. The ruling arose from an application filed by the company’s directors challenging the appointment of joint…
The High Court in Nairobi has ordered the forfeiture of assets worth hundreds of millions of shillings belonging to a senior lands official, his wife, and two companies linked to them, after finding that the wealth was not satisfactorily explained. Justice Benjamin Mwikya Musyoki, sitting at the Milimani High Court’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division, ruled that Felix Mecha Nyakundi, a Principal Land Registrar, his spouse Stellah Nyaboke Otwori, The Bantu Hotel & Resort Company Limited, and Festemagra Investment Limited had failed to account for properties and cash transactions valued at over Sh467 million. The judgment, delivered on September 18,…
The Environment and Land Court in Kajiado has temporarily suspended the implementation and enforcement of provisions of the Kajiado County Finance Act, 2026, that require property owners to pay land rates and rent on allotted properties. Lady Justice Judith Omange issued the interim conservatory orders after lobby group Sheria Mtaani filed a constitutional petition challenging the legality of the charges imposed by the Kajiado County Government. The petition contested Sections 14(8), 14(9) and 14(13), read together with the Tenth Schedule of the Kajiado County Finance Act, 2026. Through lawyers Shadrack Wambui and Danstan Omari, Sheria Mtaani argues that the county…
Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa has opposed a petition seeking to suspend the conferment of his Doctor of Public Administration degree, describing the matter as politically motivated and based on speculation. The petition was filed by the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFKE) against the Commission for University Education (CUE) and Murang’a University of Technology (MUT). COFKE wants the court to halt the award of Barasa’s doctorate pending investigations into his academic credentials. The consumer body argues that CUE failed to act on its complaint seeking verification of the MP’s academic qualifications, from his KCSE certificate to his doctoral studies,…
The High Court has declared unconstitutional key provisions of the Presidential Retirement Benefits Act that allowed Parliament to withdraw or reduce the retirement benefits of former Presidents. Justice Bahati Mwamuye ruled that Sections 4(1), 4(2), 4(3) and Section 6 of the Act violate the Constitution, holding that Article 151(3) provides a guarantee that a former President’s retirement benefits cannot be varied to their disadvantage during their lifetime. Section 4 empowers the National Assembly, by a two-thirds majority, to resolve that a retired President or their surviving spouse shall be denied some or all retirement benefits on grounds including willful violation…
A chilling tale of abduction, ransom demands, and murder that began with a young woman’s hope of meeting a university acquaintance ended in a High Court murder conviction on Wednesday. Justice Kanyi Kimondo found Duncan Livingstone Kimathi guilty of murdering Sarah Akello Aruwa, a final-year international relations student at the United States International University (USIU), in a judgment delivered at the Milimani High Court. The court ruled that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Kimathi, of malice aforethought, caused the death of the 22-year-old student by an unlawful act, contrary to section 203 as read with section 204…
A voter has filed a constitutional petition at the High Court in Nairobi, seeking to compel Senator Edwin Sifuna to account for millions of shillings raised through his Linda Mwananchi political movement, warning that the funds could be diverted if the senator abandons his presidential ambitions. Alan Masakhalia, who describes himself as a Nairobi County resident and pro-democracy activist, filed the petition on September 16, 2026, naming Sifuna as the first respondent and the Linda Mwananchi Movement as the second. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the Registrar of Political Parties are listed as the third and fourth…
A city lawyer has been sued in the High Court and reported to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over allegations that he failed to remit Sh58 million from the sale of a Kitisuru property, money that court documents say was intended to fund the treatment and care of a terminally ill Alzheimer’s patient. Martin Muchoki Maina, of Martin Muchoki Maina & Associates, is accused of receiving the full Sh70 million purchase price into his law firm’s client account but transferring only Sh8.404 million to the property’s owners. According to a suit filed in the High Court’s Commercial and Tax…
A Nairobi court Thursday ordered the continued detention of a matatu driver accused of causing a fatal road crash along Enterprise Road that claimed four lives, pending the preparation of a pre-bail report. Principal Magistrate Paul Mutai directed that Sammy Murigi Maina remain in custody until September 24, when the court will consider the pre-bail report and deliver its ruling on his bail application. The court also ordered that the accused be accorded necessary medical treatment while in remand. Maina was charged with three counts of causing death by dangerous driving, two counts of driving without due care and attention,…
A Nairobi Chief Magistrate Court released nine representatives linked to Huruma Mosque on cash bail after they were charged over an alleged Sh15.1 million land dispute involving the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM). The nine Said Dorfa Akare, Mohamed Godana Kalicha, Jillo Gone Jillo, Molu Sora Bonaya, Adan oge Abdullahi, Ali Kibarabara Said, Noor Salim Nzioka, Hussein Mohamed Jillo and Mohamed Said, appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo and denied a charge of forcible detainer contrary to Section 91 of the Penal Code. According to the charge sheet, the accused allegedly remained in possession of parcel Nairobi Block…
Deputy Inspector General of Administration Police Gilbert Masengeli suffered a blow after the High Court declined to halt the United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) graduation ceremony scheduled for September 26. Lady Justice Nyaundi Patricia also declined to order the university to include Masengeli in the graduation list, pending the hearing and determination of his main petition challenging the handling of his PhD studies. The judge said Masengeli had failed, at this stage of the proceedings, to demonstrate that he had a legitimate expectation of graduating with his cohort. Justice Nyaundi said she had considered the communication between Masengeli and his…