The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has moved to the Public Private Partnerships Petition Committee in Nairobi, seeking to halt and scrutinize Kenya’s proposed participation in the multibillion-dollar Dangote East Africa Oil Refinery and Petrochemical Complex at Lamu. In a petition filed on September 30, 2026, by Tali Tali Advocates, COFEK wants the committee to review the government’s decision to proceed with the project through public equity, land contributions, and government support arrangements even as negotiations over Kenya’s stake were reportedly still ongoing. The petitioner has sued the Directorate of Public Private Partnerships, the PPP Committee, the National Treasury Cabinet…
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The High Court in Kiambu declined to certify as urgent a constitutional petition challenging the continued occupation of the Director-General’s office at the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA). Justice Francis Nyungu Kyambia, in a ruling delivered on October 2, directed the parties to follow the court’s ordinary procedure and fixed the application for hearing on November 16. The petition was filed on September 29, by Omondi Charles and Velma Ongalo, who allege that Eng. Silas Murira Kinoti has continued to serve as KURA’s Director-General for 103 days after his fixed term allegedly expired on June 18, 2026. The petitioners say…
A man accused of using remote-access technology to execute multimillion-shilling fraud against financial institutions has been remanded in custody after he was arrested in Kericho, months after he allegedly stopped attending court. Albert Komen Kipkechem, also known as Jonathan Kiptum Barmasai, was brought before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Teresia Nyangena on a warrant of arrest after failing to appear before the court on three occasions. Kipkechem had previously been released on cash bail in two separate criminal cases in which he is accused of illegally accessing computer systems and facilitating the withdrawal of millions of shillings. The prosecution opposed his…
The Court of Appeal has cut more than Sh704 million from an award against the government in a nearly three-decade-old dispute over the supply of anti-malaria chemicals and equipment to the Ministry of Health. The appellate court upheld a Sh1.157 billion award to Equip Agencies Limited for goods supplied to the government in the 1990s, but overturned an order requiring the government to pay compound interest at 18 per cent a year. A three-judge bench comprising Justices Patrick Mativo, Paul Lilan and Dr John Okello found that the company had not pleaded or proved its entitlement to compound interest, removing…
The Court of Appeal has upheld a six-year investigation by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) into businessman and former public official Joseph Ambuso Omondi, ruling that the prolonged probe did not violate his constitutional rights. The three-judge bench comprising Justices K. M’Inoti, E.C. Mwita and B. Ongaya dismissed Omondi’s appeal against a High Court decision that had found the EACC’s continued investigation and retention of some of his documents did not amount to violations of his rights to dignity, privacy, property or fair administrative action. The case arose from a search conducted by EACC officers at Omondi’s home and…
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…
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…