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By Isaiah Lucheli

PUSETU barred from interfering with Labour day fete

Rivalry between two giant trade unions has intensified after the Central Organization of Trade Union (Cotu) was granted orders restraining rival union from interfering with Labour day fete.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 9 years ago

PUSETU barred from interfering with Labour day fete

Court awards Sh9m for woman who died in bungled check-up

Court awards Sh9m for woman who died in bungled check-up

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

Vetting board hits wall after sacked judges find way back into Judiciary

Vetting board hits wall after sacked judges find way back into Judiciary

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

EACC denies it’s probing governors

EACC denies it’s probing governors

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

EACC denies probing governors

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has not launched investigations into alleged corruption by governors and Cabinet Secretaries.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

EACC denies probing governors

LSK protests Uhuru failure to gazette names of judges

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has protested failure by President Uhuru Kenyatta to gazette 25 judges despite the names being forwarded to his and called on him to do his constitutional duty.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

LSK protests Uhuru failure to gazette names of judges

Court declines to stop use of Alcoblow, case urgent

Motorists who like to drink will have to contend with the continued use of breathalysers (Alcoblow) after the High Court declined to give orders restraining their use.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

Court declines to stop use of Alcoblow, case urgent

Motorist seeks court order to abolish breathalyser

Motorists who love their drink are holding their breath after one of them moved to court seeking the abolition of the breathalyser, commonly known as Alcoblow.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

Motorist seeks court order to abolish breathalyser

Parliament suffers blow in salary row with SRC

The National Assembly yesterday suffered another blow yesterday when the High Court ruled that it does not have power or legal capacity to determine salaries, allowances, and other benefits for MPs.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

Parliament suffers blow in salary row with SRC

Sh500m NCPB dispute may not end soon

A Sh500 million breach of contract dispute pitting a state corporation against a supplier will take longer to be concluded after a judge disqualified himself from the suit.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

Sh500m NCPB dispute may not end soon

Court to rule on Barasa’s warrant of arrest application

Journalist Walter Barasa will know his fate on Tuesday when the high court rules on his application seeking to stop his arrest and surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

Court to rule on Barasa’s warrant of arrest application

The cancelled contract that hit NCPB hard

This year has been one of the most challenging for the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) after a breach of contract led to the auctioning of its movable assets, paralysing its operations.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

The cancelled contract that hit NCPB hard

AG: Kenya won’t disclose Uhuru’s assets to ICC

The Kenyan Government will neither freeze the assets nor release financial statements and other documents of the President and his Deputy as requested by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

AG: Kenya won’t disclose Uhuru’s assets to ICC

Rocky year for country’s troubled health sector

This month’s strike by health workers was the second time within the year nurses had paralysed operations in public hospitals.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

Rocky year for country’s troubled health sector

Judiciary now at odds with MPs, Executive over JSC probe

Defiance by Parliament and the Executive to obey court orders has pitted the two arms of Government against the Judiciary.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

Judiciary now at odds with MPs, Executive over JSC probe

Judge reprimand MPs for defying court orders

The turf war between Parliament and the Judiciary over a contentious report touching on the conduct of Judicial Service Commission (JSC) escalated after the High Court reprimanded the House for disregarding last week’s order.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

Judge reprimand MPs for defying court orders

Court offers reprieve for sacked judges

Judges sacked by the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board (JMVB) yesterday got a reprieve after the Court of Appeal ruled that they can challenge the decision at the High Court.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

Court offers reprieve for sacked judges

CCTV project expected after end of suits

The four-day siege of the upmarket Westgate Mall in Nairobi could have been easily thwarted by the use of Close-Circuit Television (CCTV) technology.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

CCTV project expected after end of suits

Two Kenya High Court judges to be screened afresh

Two High Court judges who had been found to be unsuitable to hold office will be vetted afresh.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

Two Kenya High Court judges to be screened afresh

Court stops Nairobi council staff’s planned strike

Over 10,000 employees of Nairobi County have been restrained by the Industrial Court from going on strike scheduled for on Tuesday.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

Court stops Nairobi council staff’s planned strike

Gladys Shollei case withdrawn

A suit that had been filed at the High Court by the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Gladys Shollei against the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has been withdrawn.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

Gladys Shollei case withdrawn

KAA, businessman in talks over duty free shops

Businessman Kamlesh Pattni’s World Duty Free (WDF) Ltd has been engaged in a legal battle with the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) over the airport’s duty free shops for a long time.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

KAA, businessman in talks over duty free shops

County assembly nominees move to court seeking IEBC gazettement

County Assembly nominees across the country have moved to court to compel the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to gazette them.

By By Isaiah Lucheli and JOSEPH MUCHIRI 10 years ago

County assembly nominees move to court seeking IEBC gazettement

Woman sues hospital for death of baby boy

A woman who spent over 12 hours in labour has sued the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) for causing the death of her baby.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

Woman sues hospital for death of baby boy

Cereals board faces auction threat over Sh500m debt

Agriculture Secretary Felix Koskei warned that grain farmers could be asked to store their next harvest at home after a suit seeking to attach the national stores was filed Monday.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

Cereals board faces auction threat over Sh500m debt

Two in court to block tabling of TJRC report

Two people have moved to High Court seeking to block the tabling of the TJRC report in parliament.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

Two in court to block tabling of TJRC report

Reprieve for judge as board barred from firing him

The Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board has been barred from degazetting High Court judge Muga Apondi.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI 10 years ago

Reprieve for judge as board barred from firing him

Firm gets nod to sell cereals board assets

Two million bags of maize held in the strategic national grain reserve are at new risk after a court dismissed pleas to unfreeze bank accounts of the National Cereals and Produce Board.

By By ISAIAH LUCHELI and MOSES NYAMORI 10 years ago

Firm gets nod to sell cereals board assets

Witness row with ICC over evidence withdrawal

ICC Witness who withdrew his evidence against the Deputy President William Ruto has protested over failure by the trial chamber to acknowledge his affidavits.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

Witness row with ICC over evidence withdrawal

Over 69 cases pave way for poll petitions

More than 69 cases lined up in the cause list at the High Court in Nairobi have been taken out.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

Over 69 cases pave way for poll petitions

Another ICC witness against Ruto steps down

A second ICC witness has withdrawn his evidence against Deputy President William Ruto.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 10 years ago

Another ICC witness against Ruto steps down

Court lifts ban on Shackles of Doom play

The High Court has lifted a ban imposed by Education Ministry on controversial play Shackles of Doom.

By By Isaiah Lucheli 11 years ago

Court lifts ban on Shackles of Doom play

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