OPINION: Media a critical player in ending impunity in GBV

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire While the Kenyan law outlaws a lot of traditional harmful practices that for many years have enabled perpetuation of gender inequal...

GBV , Two-Thirds Gender bill. , Women in news

Maraga suspends physical sessions at Meru Law Courts after several staff test COVID-19 positive

By Ian Omondi,

Chief Justice David Maraga has suspended all physical sessions at Meru Law Courts for 14 days after several staff tested positive for COVID-19. Mar...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , david maraga , Meru Law Courts

Embu: Man charged with stealing 200 bags of cement

By Anthony Ndwiga,

A 32-year-old man was on Monday arraigned at the Embu Law Courts for allegedly stealing 220 bags of cement estimated to be worth Ksh.132,000 Patric...

How we abducted and killed lawyer Willy Kimani – suspect confesses in court

By Dzuya Walter,

Chilling details were revealed on Monday as a confession made by one of the suspects in the murder of lawyer Willy Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda ...

Mavoko Law Courts , Willy Kimani

77-year-old man who prepared his own grave, wrote eulogy 19 years ago is buried

By Citizen Reporter,

By Moses Mwenda A 77-year-old businessman who prepared his own grave and that of his wife 19 years ago was laid to rest at his Milimani home in Isi...

burial , Isiolo Law Courts , meru county

Lawyer denies stealing Ksh.600K from client, freed on Ksh.200K cash bail

By Citizen Reporter,

By Daniel Kalung'e  A lawyer was on Tuesday freed by an Isiolo court on a cash bail of Ksh.200,000 after denying stealing Ksh.600,000 from his cli...

Isiolo Law Courts , lawyer , Magistrate Samuel Mungai

Fake lawyer to serve 18-month jail sentence in Meru

By Koome Kimencu,

A 35-year-old man was on Thursday arraigned before a Meru court and charged with masquerading as a legal practitioner. David Gitau was reportedly a...

lawyer , Magistrate Oscar Wanyaga , meru county

Man claims Maua Law Courts ‘refused’ to refund Ksh.50K cash bail

By Koome Kimencu,

A 53-year-old man from Igembe South, Meru County is appealing to the government to help him recover money he claimed was paid as bail but is yet to be...

Igembe South , Justus Kabaya , Maua Law courts

Senator Linturi divorce case to be heard in Nairobi – Court rules

By Dzuya Walter,

The divorce case between Meru Senator Mithika Linturi and his estranged wife Maryanne Jebet Kitanny will now be heard  in Nairobi’s Milimani Law Co...

divorce , Maryanne Jebet Kitanny , Meru Law Courts , Meru Senator Mithika Linturi , Milimani Law courts

Church leader fails to secure Ksh.400K bond in rape, abortion case

By Citizen Reporter,

A church leader who was charged with rape of a Form Three student will remain in custody after failing to secure a Ksh.400,000 bond. A Meru law cou...

abortion , Church leader rape

Senator Linturi accuses Kitany of forging divorce papers

By Dzuya Walter,

Meru Senator Mithika Linturi now claims that his estranged wife Marianne Kitany forged the alleged papers showing that he divorced his wife. The se...

Marianne Kitany , Senator Linturi

Standoff as Meru Senator Mithika Linturi blocks wife from accessing home

By Ian Omondi,

Embattled Meru Senator Mithika Linturi on Monday evening reportedly denied his estranged wife Marianne Jebet Keitanny access to their Runda home. ...

divorce , high court , Marianne Jebet Keitanny , Meru Senator Mithika Linturi

Court blocks Senator Linturi from transferring property he owns with wife

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court on Monday restrained Meru Senator Mithika Linturi from transferring property that he owns with his estranged wife, Marianne Jebet Keita...

divorce , Magistrate I. Orenge , Marianne Jebet Keitanny , Milimani Commercial Court , Mithika Linturi

Judiciary in ambitious drive to clear 5,000 cases older than five years

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya's Judiciary expects to clear a backlog of 5,000 cases that are older than five years within one month. A statement from the Communications Depa...

‘Mast climbing’ man charged with attempted suicide, trespass

By Anthony Ndwiga,

Antony Murimi Nyaga; the man who caused a stir after climbing on top of a communication mast and stripping naked to avoid arrest was on Monday arraign...

Attempted suicide , Embu County. , Embu Law Courts , Embu town , Safaricom communication mast , trespassing

Munya seeks access to KIEMS kits before fresh presidential poll

By Josiah Mugo,

Former Governor, Peter Munya, now wants the Meru High Court to order the electoral commission to grant access to county’s KIEMS kits before the Octo...

Former Meru County Governor Peter Munya , Kiraitu Murungi and his predecessor Peter Munya , Peter Munya , PNU LEADER PETER MUNYA

Embu County Assembly orders report on makadamia farming tabled

By Anthony Ndwiga,

Embu macadamia farmers might soon get relief after their woes regarding marketing the unprocessed product outside the county made their way to the Cou...

Embu county assembly , Embu County Governor Martin Wambora , Macadamia farmers , macadamia nuts

Meru lawyers threaten to down tools

By Josiah Mugo,

Lawyers working in Meru County have threatened to down their tools if the government does not deploy a judge to replace the Justice Muga Apondi, who r...

lawyers

Father handed life in jail for defiling daughters

By Simon Ngure,

A father of two daughters has been handed a life sentence after he was found guilty of defiling his two daughters aged 8 and 7 in March 2015. The m...

child abuse , daughters defiled , justice , rape

Woman arrested for pretending to be student’s mother

By Treeza Awuor,

A middle-aged woman was on Tuesday arrested at Mwerongundu Day Secondary in Igembe North, Meru County after she allegedly pretended to be the parent o...

education , Igembe County , Mauwa Court , meru county , pretending mother