Bobi Wine says troops raided party HQs as staff planned legal challenge

By Reuters,

Bobi Wine, leader of Uganda’s main opposition party, said troops raided its headquarters on Monday as staff tried to prepare a legal challenge to Pr...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Samsung vice chairman receives 30-month prison term in bribery trial

By Reuters,

A South Korean court sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee to two and a half years in prison, the court said on Monday, which will ha...

Jay Y. Lee , Samsung

Mental assessment report declares Lawrence Warunge fit to stand trial

By Citizen Reporter,

Lawrence Warunge, the university student accused of killing both his parents, his brother, cousin and a mason in Karura area of Kiambu County is of so...

Former CJ Maraga recounts how Uhuru’s ‘we shall revisit’ statement was effected

By Benjamin Muriuki,

"I have always said, we have a problem with our judiciary. Irregardless we respect, but we shall revisit. We shall respect but we shall revisit this a...

Chief Justice David Maraga , Judiciary , President Uhuru Kenyatta

South Korea court upholds jail for ex-president Park

By Reuters,

South Korea’s top court upheld on Thursday a 20-year jail sentence for former President Park Geun-hye on graft charges that led to her downfall, bri...

South Korea

Facebook ordered to pay developer Ksh.514M over copycat feature

By Reuters,

A Milan-based appeals court on Tuesday ordered Facebook to pay 3.83 million euros ($4.70 million) in damages to an Italian software development compan...

facebook , Faround app , Nearby

Fresh twist as petitioner moves to withdraw case against Sonko’s deputy governor nominee Anne Mwenda

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The battle for the leadership of the Nairobi City County Government is set to take a new turn after a petitioner on Tuesday filed a notice to withdraw...

Anne Mwendwa Kananu , Mike Sonko

Nairobi Governor by-election suspended following petition filed by Sonko

By Nganga Njoroge,

The Nairobi Governor by-election has been suspended pending determination of a petition filed by impeached county boss Mike Sonko. High Court Judge...

IEBC , Judge Antony Mrima , Mike Sonko , Nairobi Governor

Irungu Kang’ata warns President Kenyatta of BBI unpopularity in Mt. Kenya

By Chemutai Goin,

Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata has written a letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta declaring that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is unpopu...

BBI , Jubilee Party , Mt Kenya , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Senator Irungu Kang’ata

Trump attacks leadership in his own party, turns on allies

By CNN,

President Donald Trump is spending his final days in office attacking leadership within his own party, this time the second-highest ranking Republican...

Biden , Thune , Trump

Exiled Miguna Miguna announces bid for Nairobi Governor seat

By Tonny Ndungu,

Exiled Kenyan barrister Miguna Miguna has announced his bid for the Nairobi County top job that fell vacant following Mike Sonko's impeachment by the ...

Dr. Miguna Miguna

Year in review: Court cases for FKF and a contentious election

By Jacob Icia,

@icia_jacob When the Covid-19 pandemic stopped every football activity from March and for the better part of 2020, one aspect of the beautiful game c...

FKF , Nick Mwendwa

Big win for BIDCO as court sets aside Ksh1.3b order

By Tony Owori,

In what is viewed as a big win for the industry, the Tax Appeal Tribunal has set aside an order requiring BIDCO Refinery to pay a revenue amounting to...

BIDCO Afria

Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Cup after CAS ruling

By Reuters,

A Swiss court on Thursday upheld doping sanctions that will prevent Russian athletes from competing at major international events under the country’...

CAS , doping , olympics , russia , WADA , World cup

South Korean man cleared of killing teenager after spending 20 years in jail for her murder

By CNN,

A South Korean man who wrongfully spent 20 years in prison for killing a teenager has been cleared of her murder following a high-profile court case t...

south korean man

Court rules Maradona’s body ‘must be conserved’

By Reuters,

The body of late soccer great Diego Maradona “must be conserved” in case his DNA is needed in a paternity case, an Argentine court ruled on Wednes...

diego maradona

Trump Organization must turn over documents to NY attorney general, judge rules

By CNN,

A state judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump Organization must turn over documents related to a property whose tax abatements were being investigated by...

Trump Organization

40-year-old man arrested with elephant tusks worth Ksh.5.4M remanded

By George Juma,

A 40-year-old man who was arrested last week with elephant tusks weighing 54kg with a street value of Ksh.5.4M has been remanded until December 21, 20...

Elephant Tusks , Magistrate Moses Obiero Oyoko , Migori County

DNA test reveals late MP Murunga fathered one of his mistress’s two children

By Ian Omondi,

The late Matungu Member of Parliament Justus Murunga is the biological father of one of his mistress's two children, a DNA test has revealed. The t...

Crystal Lab Pathologists , DNA , Justus Murunga

Egerton VC accuses University Council of malice for instituting disciplinary process

By Citizen Reporter,

Egerton University Vice Chancellor Prof Rose Mwonya has accused the University Council of malice for instituting a disciplinary process against her wh...