Blow to church officials
Kakamega High Court judge William Musyoka said the matter is of great public interest and cannot be wished away without some finality.
By Jack Murima 4 years ago
Blow to church officials
Man gets 40 years in jail for robbery
Shihunza had initially been handed the death penalty, which was later changed to a 40-year imprisonment
By Alex Wakhisi and Jack Murima 4 years ago
Man gets 40 years in jail for robbery
We lost love the day we came out on our HIV status
Beating stigma: We are now rejoicing in educating, empowering others
By Jack Murima 4 years ago
We lost love the day we came out on our HIV status
Woman wants to be allowed to bury her son
In her appeal, she says Stanley Wafula was an absentee father who did nothing to support their son for 31 years
By Jack Murima 4 years ago
Woman wants to be allowed to bury her son
High Court now rules incest with minor is lesser offense than defilement
The verdict is likely to trigger a floodgate of appeals.
By Jack Murima 4 years ago
High Court now rules incest with minor is lesser offense than defilement
Street children who defied odds to post impressive results in KCPE
For many months, Elvis Makhoha, 15, stayed on the streets. Long after people had gone to sleep, he would scavenge in dustbins looking for food.
By Jack Murima 4 years ago
Street children who defied odds to post impressive results in KCPE
Court told ‘grabbed’ land meant for dispensary
Governor Wycliffe Oparanya is out to defend himself in a case in which he is accused of grabbing two acres of land in Kakamega County.
By Jack Murima 4 years ago
Court told ‘grabbed’ land meant for dispensary
Man to bury wife after winning suit
Teacher tells magistrate estranged wife had planned to lock him out of burial arrangements.
By Jack Murima 4 years ago
Man to bury wife after winning suit
Big blow to man in row over estate
The High Court has stripped a man of the right to administer the estate of his late father for failing to distribute property to his three sisters.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Big blow to man in row over estate
Widow loses land case to her daughter in-law
Onyona pointed an accusing finger at her daughter-in-law, saying she wanted full control of the estate
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Widow loses land case to her daughter in-law
Magistrate, lawyer caught up in love and property row
The court has ordered an Eldoret based magistrate to pay a lawyer costs after she withdrew a case she had filed against the advocate
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Magistrate, lawyer caught up in love and property row
County fails to stop fuel station construction
County argued Sh100m Jupiter Petro Station was being constructed close to residential dwellings.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
County fails to stop fuel station construction
Church loses 13 acres to school it founded
Khwisero Girls’ board acquired land through auction after Full Gospel Church failed to pay owner Sh300,000.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Church loses 13 acres to school it founded
Woman loses control of husband's estate over row
The grant issued to Ms Rukia was revoked
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Woman loses control of husband's estate over row
'Son' loses bid to deprive woman of father's estate
This led the judge to hold that the application for revocation of grant was unopposed.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
'Son' loses bid to deprive woman of father's estate
DCI told to return Echesa’s firearm
Justice Jesse Njagi declared the actions by the State to confiscate Beretta pistol belonging to Echesa unlawful, unreasonable and an abuse of power
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
DCI told to return Echesa’s firearm
Sugar firm ordered to pay family Sh0.9 million after boy’s death in accident
The High Court has ordered West Kenya Sugar Company to pay a family Sh910,575 for the death of their 13-year-old son.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Sugar firm ordered to pay family Sh0.9 million after boy’s death in accident
Man’s plot to inherit bigger share of family estate flops
Judge reads mischief in man’s attempt to administer estate without siblings’ consent.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Man’s plot to inherit bigger share of family estate flops
Failed cases: Haji denies bad blood with Judiciary
Haji says investigators are partly to blame for presenting weak cases
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Failed cases: Haji denies bad blood with Judiciary
‘I transported corpse without my knowledge’
When Muchorwa returned to the scene the following day, he found the firewood at the same spot with a body whose nose, lips and ears had been chopped.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
‘I transported corpse without my knowledge’
Man ‘killed uncle for letting chicken cross over to his farm’
The High Court sitting in Kakamega has convicted a man who killed his uncle for allowing chicken to trespass onto his farm.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Man ‘killed uncle for letting chicken cross over to his farm’
Younger wife wins big in a 25-year old succession battle
Court rules that the 5.5-acre land be divided on a ratio of 3:4 favouring the younger wife.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Younger wife wins big in a 25-year old succession battle
How cash transfer sent thief to prison for 90 years
The gang is said to have been armed with machetes, knives, metallic rods and clubs during the attack.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
How cash transfer sent thief to prison for 90 years
Kakamega man sentenced to life for infecting girl, 4, with HIV
Judge dismisses the inconsistencies raised, terms them negligible and do not go to the core of the matter.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Kakamega man sentenced to life for infecting girl, 4, with HIV
Kakamega death row convict now gets reprieve
Justice Njagi allowed the petition but noted that the sentence served was insufficient
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Kakamega death row convict now gets reprieve
Man convicted for sodomising boy aged 13
The accused now stares at a sentence of not less than 20 years in jail
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Man convicted for sodomising boy aged 13
Ruling halted on whether Echesa should be re-arrested over Matungu killings
Echesa said he was arrested after attending a political function in Ikolomani.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Ruling halted on whether Echesa should be re-arrested over Matungu killings
Judge awarded Sh40m for unlawful eviction from land
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Judge awarded Sh40m for unlawful eviction from land
Fresh trial for man in rape case
The High Court has ordered a man serving 20 years imprisonment to be tried afresh.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Fresh trial for man in rape case
Kakamega court told of rape and robbery at institute
One of the witnesses narrated how her eye was gouged out during the ordeal.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Kakamega court told of rape and robbery at institute
Man gets 15 years for killing his father
High Court Judge Jesse Njagi ruled that the evidence tendered in court was consistent.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Man gets 15 years for killing his father
Kakamega man in court for attempting to rape mum
Man reportedly pulled down his mother's skirt before being stopped by neighbours
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Kakamega man in court for attempting to rape mum
Man charged in Kakamega with killing of three-year-old girl
Girl was playing with her peers when she was hit by a rock emanating from the explosion site 20 metres away.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Man charged in Kakamega with killing of three-year-old girl
Man gets 15 years for raping daughter
JKO was, however, lucky as the initial 20-year imprisonment handed by a magistrate was reduced.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Man gets 15 years for raping daughter
Man jailed for raping granny in Kakamega loses appeal against conviction
Convicts claimed he was framed up due to a pending land dispute between the complainant and him.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Man jailed for raping granny in Kakamega loses appeal against conviction
Man to spend 20 years in jail for defiling niece
The man was also convicted on an alternative charge of committing an indecent acts with a minor.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Man to spend 20 years in jail for defiling niece
Father jailed for 'confirming daughter virginity' wants to be acquitted
Man says what he did was incest offence, not defilement, therefore, deserve a fresh hearing
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Father jailed for 'confirming daughter virginity' wants to be acquitted
Judge reduces Kakamega defiler's jail term
Justice David Majanja said the evidence against Ochango was overwhelming but reduced his jail sentence to 30 years.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Judge reduces Kakamega defiler's jail term
Former PS loses Sh350,000 in borehole deal
A former State official yesterday told a Kakamega court how he was conned of Sh350,000 by a man who claimed he could drill a borehole for him.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Former PS loses Sh350,000 in borehole deal
Man held for raping niece, 16
A 57-year-old man has been accused of defiling his 16-year-old niece after threatening her with a knife.
By Jack Murima 5 years ago
Man held for raping niece, 16
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