The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has urged the High Court in Nairobi to consider imposing the death sentence on former Migori Governor Zachary Okoth Obado and his two co-convicts over the murder of university student Sharon Otieno and her unborn child. During sentencing submissions before Justice Cecilia Githua, Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions…
The death of a police officer who was expected to testify in the murder trial of Albert Ojwang has created a new evidentiary question for the prosecution: whether the matters he was expected to address can be established through other evidence, or through a statement he made before his death. Stephen Maina Nderitu, a police…
A police CCTV surveillance network covering Nairobi’s central business district was not operational when protester Rex Kanyike Masai was shot during demonstrations against Kenya’s Finance Bill in June 2024, an inquest has heard. Andrew Limo, a senior police officer, told the court that National Police Service (NPS) surveillance cameras were not functioning on June 20,…
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has formally charged politician Rose Mbithe Ndeti and her two children, advocates Chris Mulwa and Angela Mulwa, with the murder of psychiatrist Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso. The murder case was registered at the Nairobi High Court after the DPP approved the application to formally charge the three suspects. The…
