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Benson Matheka

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Sep 12, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Benson Matheka

    Prove why you were assaulted, court tells chief beaten during chang’aa raid (opens the original)

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    A court has acquitted a man who had been accused of assaulting an assistant chief during a raid on an alleged chang'aa den. A court has acquitted a man who had been accused of assaulting an assistant chief during a raid on an alleged chang'aa den, finding that prosecutors failed to prove that the attack was intended to prevent a lawful arrest. Malaba Resident Magistrate A.Z. Ogange on September 3 ruled that while evidence presented before the court showed that Kaliwa Assistant Chief Alex Olakita

  2. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Benson Matheka

    Daughter wins 15-year bid to save father’s inheritance (opens the original)

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    Riziki Mwinyi petitioned the Kwale Kadhi’s Court to administer the estate of her father, who died in 2011 without leaving a will. A Kwale court has approved a daughter's bid to distribute her late father's land according to Islamic inheritance law, bringing to an end a succession process that has remained unresolved for more than a decade after his death. Riziki Mwinyi Mwakulagizwa petitioned the Kwale Kadhi’s Court to administer the estate of her father, Mwinyikai Ali Mwakulagizwa, who died

  3. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Benson Matheka

    ‘Take your school elsewhere’: WhatsApp message nails man in court (opens the original)

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    A judge has found a man in contempt of court arising from a WhatsApp message he allegedly sent. A Nairobi land dispute has taken a dramatic turn after a WhatsApp message allegedly sent by one of the parties became the key piece of evidence that persuaded a judge to find him in contempt of court. In a ruling delivered on September 3, 2026, Environment and Land Court Judge C.G. Mbogo found Daniel Malika in contempt for allegedly disobeying court orders by demolishing structures that housed Califor

  4. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Benson Matheka

    Why court shut Sonko out of KDF captain’s murder trial (opens the original)

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    Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has been shut out of the murder case facing a Kenya Defence Forces captain who is accused of killing his wife, Ann Mugweru. Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has been shut out of the murder case facing a Kenya Defence Forces captain after the High Court ruled that his good intentions towards the victim’s child did not give him a legal right to take part in the trial. At the same time, the court rejected a separate attempt by the deceased woman’s sister t

  5. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Benson Matheka

    Court to separated parents: Share cost of raising your children equally (opens the original)

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    If there is any separation, there is a need for peaceful co-parenting, where both parents put aside their differences for the benefit of the child. A court has ordered a separated couple to share equally the cost of raising their three children, rejecting a bid to make the father shoulder the financial burden alone. Bungoma Senior Resident Magistrate T.O. Omono said both parents have a responsibility to provide for their children, especially where their incomes are almost equal. Every child dese

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