By Sam Alfan. Director of Landmark International Properties Limited has failed to block her prosecution over the funds that constitute proceeds of crime over the sale of a motor vehicle bought with the loan obtained from BaoBao Credit limited. Justice Lawrence Mugambi dismissed petition filed by businesswoman Anna Njeri Gitanyu seeking to permanently restrain Director […]
By Sam Alfan. The High Court has suspended a decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to charge University of Nairobi senior lecturer Dr Elizabeth Muli, the former wife of ex-Permanent Secretary Nduva Muli. Justice John Chigiti also barred the DPP Renson Ingonga and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) from summoning or arresting […]
By Sam Alfan. Businessman John Ngumi has failed to block an application by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) seeking the transfer of his petition over a disputed Sh6 billion Telkom Kenya sale to the High Court’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division. High Court Judge David Mburu allowed the anti-graft agency’s application and directed that […]
By Sam Alfan. City lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui has demanded Sh50 million in damages from Meru businessman Michael Mutembei Makarina Kibutha over a defamatory post he made on X. The post, according to the lawyer falsely claimed he had been arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over a Sh25.4 million bribery scandal. Through his […]
By Sam Alfan. Former Migori County Governor Okoth Obado has expressed remorse over the death of Rongo University student Sharon, but maintained his innocence her murder. Obado, who was convicted alongside his former personal assistant Michael Oyamo and Caspal Obiero, admitted that he had been in an intimate relationship with Sharon, a mother of three. […]
By Sam Alfan. City lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui has written to the Director of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, seeking urgent investigations into businessman Michael Mutembei Makarina over what he terms cyberbullying and defamatory publications on X, formerly Twitter. In his complaint, Kinyanjui accuses Makarina of publishing a post alleging that he had been arrested alongside a […]
By Reporter. A Nairobi businessman has been charged with stealing over Sh4.5 million. Abdirahman Mohamed Kosar appeared before Milimani Senior Resident Magistrate Joan Mati and pleaded not guilty. Prosecution told the court that on 9 August 2026 at unknown place within the country, Kosar jointly with others not before court, he conspired to steal Sh4,779,000 […]
By Reporter. Nairobi businessman has been charged with obtaining over Sh1.6 million from land buyer. Hassan Aliow Roba appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Gethi Kibiru and pleaded not guilty to the charge. Prosecution told the court that on diverse dates between 17 September, and 30 December, 2024, at an unknown place within the country, with […]
By Sam Alfan. Co-operative Bank of Kenya has posted a 28 percent increase in net profit to Sh18 billion for the six months ended June, a moved supported by growth in lending and interest income. Latest disclosers show the lender’s profit after tax rose from Sh14.1 billion in the first half of 2025, while profit […]
By Sam Alfan. Citibank Kenya has urged the High Court to allow its case challenging summons issued to its chief executive officer Martin Mugambi to proceed, arguing that the bank is being dragged into a commercial dispute through unsubstantiated allegations of fraud and other criminal offences. Mugambi has opposed an application by the Attorney General […]
By Reporter. The chief executive officer of Printing Services Limited has told a Nairobi court how the company’s former general manager, Cheekati Narsimha Rao, used fake invoices, vouchers and cheques to defraud the firm of millions of shillings. Zainab Abdi told the court that Rao, who was her boss at the time, would bring invoices […]
By Sam Alfan. The High Court has suspended the decision by Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Igonga to charge three top tier banks CEOs over alleged failure to report suspicious transactions. Co-operative Bank Group chief executive Gidion Muriuki, KCB Group CEO Paul Russo and NCBA Group CEO John Gachora were to be charged over alleged […]
By Sam Alfan. The next Kenyan presidential election should be held in August 2026 and not August 2027, the High Court has ruled. In a decision that has sparked controversy over President William Ruto’s tenure, Justice Mugure Thande clarified that the Constitution does not expressly provide that a president serves a five-year term. The judge […]