ROB JILLO and CORRESPONDENT

Court now blocks vetting of judges

Jan 31 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 31 - The Court of Appeal has now suspended the vetting of judges and magistrates until an appeal lodged by a law student is heard and determined. Justices Emmanuel O'kubasu, Alnashir Visram and David Maranga have directed that the appeal be heard and determined within 21 days. The student, Dennis Mogambi had appealed against a High...

Reprieve for Baraza as court blocks tribunal

Jan 30 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 30 - The High Court has blocked the tribunal investigating Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza from summoning her, pending the determination of the case she has filed challenging it. Baraza moved to court a day after President Mwai Kibaki appointed a seven-member tribunal to investigate her conduct following an alleged gun drama at...

Court halts Wanjiru s burial

May 19 | NAKURU, Kenya, May 19 - The High Court in Nakuru has temporarily stopped the burial of Olympic Marathon Champion Samuel Wanjiru. The order which was obtained by his mother Hannah Wanjiru will remain in force for two weeks. She moved to court to stop a hurried burial of her deceased son claiming foul play in his death. Ms Wanjiru had stopped all...

Court revokes Kibaki order on Amboseli

Oct 11 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 - The High Court has reversed an order issued by President Mwai Kibaki five years ago to downgrade the Amboseli National Park to a game reserve, saying the move was illegal and could not pass the test of the new Constitution. Lady Justice Roselyn Wendoh made the ruling in favour of conservation groups that had moved to court...

ICC witnesses far from giving statements

Oct 11 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 11 - A date is yet to be set when top government officials will begin recording statements with the International Criminal Court investigators. Justice Kalpana Rawal who was appointed last week to help security chiefs take down the statements said on Monday that procedures to aid the exercise are yet to be enacted before a date...

Uhuru says he has nothing to fear over poll chaos

Oct 10 | WASHINGTON, Oct 10 - Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has for the first time spoken on the ongoing International Criminal Court investigations and said he is not afraid of the possible arrest warrants over the 2008 post election violence. Speaking at the sidelines of the ongoing World Bank and IMF meeting in Washington, Mr Kenyatta said he is not personally...

Back and forth over new Kenya law

Aug 23 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 23 - The High Court will on Tuesday determine whether it has jurisdiction to hear a case field by a poll agent challenging the validity of the referendum results. This follows an objection by the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) and the Attorney General (AG) that the High Court lacks the authority to entertain the...

Kenyan policeman freed in PEV case

Jun 21 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 21 - A police officer who had been accused of extra-judicial killing during the 2008 post-election violence has been freed. Edward Kirui who was based in Kisumu during the 2007 election was acquitted by a Nairobi Court for lack of evidence linking him to the shooting of two protesters. High Court judge Fred Ochieng ruled that the...

Kenya serial killer appears in court

Jun 15 | NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 15 – Self-confessed serial killer Philip Onyancha and two of his alleged accomplices were on Tuesday charged with one count of murder. Mr Onyancha together with Tobias Arad and Douglas Obiero were accused of murdering nine-year-old Anthony Njirua Muiruri at Ngando village in Dagoretti on April 14 this year. Muiruri’s...