[VIDEO] MUHURI sues to scrap quarantine cost
MUHURI Rapid Response Officer Francis Auma and chairman Khelef Khalifa at Mombasa High Court after filing a petition to scrap quarantine cost. Photo: © 2020 Ernest Cornel.

[VIDEO] MUHURI sues to scrap quarantine cost

by | Apr 23, 2020 | Litigation, News | 5 comments

MUHURI on April 23, 2020, sued to exempt those quarantining in government facilities from paying. Instead, MUHURI wants national and county governments to foot the bill in the context of Covid-19 disease. “Designated government health facilities… are forcing such...
[VIDEO] BBI intrigues: Another judge recuses as Uhuru is faulted for funding initiative
Judge John Mativo at Milimani Law Courts on March 11, 2020. Photo © 2020 Ernest Cornel.

[VIDEO] BBI intrigues: Another judge recuses as Uhuru is faulted for funding initiative

by | Mar 11, 2020 | Litigation, News | 10 comments

President Uhuru Kenyatta breached the law when he used public resources, including funds, to start a popular initiative for amending the Constitution, a court has heard. This even as justice John Mativo, in a span of two months, becomes the second judge, after his...
[VIDEO] From life sentence to 25 years: ‘Heartless’ imam still guilty of sodomizing stepson
Omar Said Omar. The court sentenced him to 25 years in prison for sodomizing his stepson. Photo © 2020 Ernest Cornel/Muhuri.

[VIDEO] From life sentence to 25 years: ‘Heartless’ imam still guilty of sodomizing stepson

by | Feb 5, 2020 | Litigation, News | 1 comment

A Malindi imam is still guilty of sodomizing his stepson, High Court judge Reuben Nyakundi has said, but reduced his life sentence to 25 years. Nyakundi said Omar Said Omar has left the victim, 12, with a permanent scar, and betrayed the trust and love the child had...
Court stops Huduma Namba over data fears, wants legal framework
Huduma Namba: The three judges ruled it is unconstitutional for the government to collect DNA and GPS. Photo: Courtesy

Court stops Huduma Namba over data fears, wants legal framework

by | Feb 1, 2020 | Litigation, News | 8 comments

The court has halted the issuance of Huduma Namba until the government puts a comprehensive legal framework to address data privacy and the discriminatory nature of the system. Judges Pauline Nyamweya, Mumbi Ngugi, and Weldon Korir on January 30, 2020, said regulatory...
[VIDEO] Sodomy: ‘My husband should rot in jail, he ruined my son’s life’
Omar Said Omar before Malindi High Court Judge Reuben Nyakundi on January 29, 2020. Photo © 2020 Ernest Cornel/Muhuri.

[VIDEO] Sodomy: ‘My husband should rot in jail, he ruined my son’s life’

by | Jan 30, 2020 | Litigation, News | 10 comments

A wife says her spiritual spouse “deserves to rot in jail because he sodomized her son”. Fatma* says Omar Said Omar, an imam convicted for life imprisonment, betrayed their six-year marriage when he sexually assaulted her only child. Fatma has no child with Omar, 38,...