Gospel artist and motivational speaker Rozina Mwakideu has defended her remarks about her former husband, pastor and motivational speaker Robert Burale. She insisted that everything she said in a disputed video interview was true, fair comment, and constitutionally protected expression. In an affidavit filed before Milimani Chief Magistrate Thomas Nzyoki, Rozina opposed Burale’s application seeking an injunction to pull down the video interview published on Alex Mwakideu TV. Through her sworn statement, Rozina said her comments in the interview were based on personal experiences during her one-year marriage to Burale, which ended over a decade ago. She described the marriage…
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The Environment and Land Court in Voi has nullified a tender issued by the national government to lease a 15,000-acre livestock quarantine station in Taita Taveta County, declaring the process unconstitutional. Justice Edward Karoph Mabwoto ruled that the tender, which sought to lease the Bachuma Livestock Quarantine Station for 30 years, infringed on functions reserved for county governments under the Constitution. The tender, referenced as MOALD/SDA/BLQS/IT/01/2024/2025, was advertised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development in July 2024. It invited private investors to manage, develop, and maintain the Bachuma facility also known as Bachuma LMD Farm for livestock screening…
A 22-year-old university student was charged before a Nairobi Chief Magistrate’s court with publishing false information and unlawfully possessing multiple national identity cards belonging to other people. Chrispinus Nassiuma Nambafu, a Meru University student, appeared before Principal Magistrate Ben Mark Ekhubi, where he denied all four counts leveled against him. In the first count, Nambafu is accused of publishing false and misleading information contrary to Section 22(1) of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act No. 5 of 2018. The court heard that between 2022 and October 11, 2025, the accused allegedly shared fake Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination…
The Law Society of Kenya Vice President Mwaura Kabata and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino moved to court seeking to bar Cabinet Secretaries from engaging in political activities, arguing that their conduct violates the Constitution and principles of leadership and integrity. In a petition filed under a certificate of urgency, the two petitioners accuse members of President William Ruto’s Cabinet of openly campaigning for political candidates ahead of the November 27 by-elections, contrary to the law governing state officers. Through lawyer Abner Collins Mango, the petitioners sued the Attorney General, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, and 19 other Cabinet Secretaries,…
The Environment and Land court in Nairobi was Monday asked to set aside orders stopping Mahadi Energy Limited from occupying several prime properties in Nairobi and Mombasa that were allegedly sold in invalid auctions. In an application filed under a certificate of urgency, Mahadi Energy Limited and its director Ibrahim Hussein Mahadi through their lawyer Danstan Omari, told the Environment and Land Court at Milimani that the ex parte orders issued on October 23, were obtained through material non-disclosure and have caused them immense loss. The disputed properties include parcels located along Mtelo Road in South C, Juja Road in…
A Nairobi Chief Magistrate’s Court granted bail to a 20-year-old university student charged with defrauding Sidian Bank of more than Sh7.8 million. Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina released Collins Mutuma, a student at Mount Kenya University, who is facing several charges including conspiracy to defraud, stealing, and acquiring and using proceeds of crime. According to the charge sheet presented before court, the accused, jointly with others not before court, is alleged to have conspired to defraud Sidian Bank of Sh7,882,845 on January 11, 2025, at an unknown location within Kenya by unlawfully siphoning funds from various accounts domiciled at the bank.…
A Nairobi Chief Magistrate Court has dismissed an application by an accused person seeking to have the trial magistrate withdraw from hearing a criminal case against him and his co-accused. Chief Magistrate Dolphina Alego, sitting at the Milimani Law Courts, ruled that the application filed by the first accused, former Nairobi Provincial commissioner Davis Chelugoi, was an attempt to intimidate the court and lacked legal merit. Chelugoi, alongside his co-accused Andrew Kirungu, is facing criminal charges in case number MCCR/E1137/2023. The first accused had asked the magistrate to recuse herself, claiming bias and alleging that her “body language, writings, and…
The High Court in Nairobi has dismissed a bid by the University of Nairobi (UoN) to overturn a decision that reduced the legal costs it had sought from The Standard Group Limited in a defamation dispute. Justice Prof. (Dr.) Nixon Sifuna upheld a ruling by Taxing Officer Sylvia Motari, who had in February this year assessed the university’s instruction fees at Sh100,000 and getting-up fees at Sh33,333, far below the Sh7.9 million the institution had claimed. The dispute arose from a 2017 defamation case Nairobi HCCC No. 70 of 2017 in which UoN sued the media house over a story…
A widow linked to a multibillion-shilling land scandal in Kiambu County is staring at arrest and prosecution after losing a case challenging the cancellation of her company’s title deed. The Thika Environment and Land Court, in a ruling delivered on October 13, 2025 dismissed a judicial review application filed by Marg Ridge Estate Limited, a firm associated with Margaret Wairimu Magugu, widow of the late Cabinet Minister Arthur Magugu. Justice Jacquiline Mogeni ruled that while the Chief Land Registrar may have failed to follow due process in revoking the company’s title to Land Reference Number 21179 (IR 219594), the issue…
The High Court in Kericho temporarily suspended a directive by Litein Boys High School requiring each student to pay Sh49,699 as compensation for damages following a recent student strike. Justice Joseph Sergon, sitting in Kericho, ruled that the students will instead pay Sh25,000 in instalments pending the hearing and determination of a petition filed by parents through the organisation Sheria Mtaani na Shadrack Wambui. According to the orders issued on Tuesday, students are required to pay Sh10,000 by October 21, Sh5,000 by October 28, and the remaining Sh10,000 by November 3, 2025. The judge further directed the school’s management to…
Human rights activist Reuben Kigame Lichete and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) filed a constitutional petition challenging the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2024. They argued that its unconstitutional and a direct assault on fundamental freedoms, including the right to privacy, freedom of expression, and media independence. In the petition filed against the Attorney General and the Speaker of the National Assembly, the petitioners argue that the new law, which was signed by President William Ruto on October 15, 2025, introduces vague and overbroad provisions that undermine the Data Protection Act, 2019, and violate several provisions of the…
The Principal of Litein Boys High School, Richard Sang, told the High Court that the Sh10,000 proposed by parents as an interim payment is not enough to cover the extensive damage caused during a recent student strike. Sang, told Justice Joseph Sergon, the destruction affected chemicals, laboratory apparatus, dormitories, classrooms, and food supplies, making it impossible for the school to operate with minimal resources. “The Sh10,000 is not enough because the damage was so big. The minimum we can work with is Sh25,000 to allow us to restore basic facilities and prepare for exams starting tomorrow,” Sang told the court.…
The Employment and Labour Relations Court issued orders temporarily stopping the Kiambu County Government from dismissing specialist doctors who are members of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU). Lady Justice Hellen Wasilwa also restrained the county from recruiting new specialist doctors pending the hearing and determination of a petition filed by Dr. Gathoni Njeri Muriithi. Through her Lawyer Henry Kurauka, Dr. Gathoni told the court that the county’s move to sack doctors and recruit new ones was unfair, unjust, and in violation of labour laws and the Constitution. In her ruling, Justice Wasilwa certified the application as…
The High Court in Nairobi Thursday declined to stop the planned burial of the late former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga. Justice Chacha Mwita, sitting at the Milimani Law Courts, ruled that the petitioner, Michael Onyango Otieno, had not demonstrated that the ongoing burial plans were contrary to the deceased’s wishes to warrant the court’s immediate intervention. In his ruling, Justice Mwita directed that the pleadings be served upon all the respondents and set the matter for directions on October 23, 2025. Raila will be buried on October 19, 2025 at his Bondo home. “I am not satisfied on the…
The High Court has directed parties in a case where a man accused of human trafficking is seeking Sh10 million in compensation from a police officer to proceed with the main petition after earlier orders for physical service were allegedly defied. When the matter came up for mention before Justice Bahati Mwamuye on Tuesday, the court directed that the Notice of Motion application dated September 29 be withdrawn with no orders as to costs, and that the matter proceed to hearing of the main petition. Justice Mwamuye further ordered the officer to file his response by October 31, the petitioner…