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Rally driver Maxine Wahome, who has been detained for the past 25 days over the death of her boyfriend Assad Khan, left Lang’ata women's prison on Friday 2.40pm after paying a bond of Sh2 million. Upon release, ...

Kibwezi West MP Patrick Musimba and his wife Angela Mwende on Tuesday petitioned the High Court to review the bond terms in their Sh1.1 billion Chase Bank theft case. The couple also pleaded with the court to set aside a magistrate's ...

This was founded in the appeal of Stephen Kimathi Mutiso, a director of a company, against the decision of the commissioner of domestic taxes (“Commissioner”). The Commissioner issued an agency notice against the personal bank account of the ...

Five senior managers of Imperial Bank were yesterday charged with conspiracy to defraud it of Sh29 billion through an illegal overdraft disbursement scheme. Naeem Shah, James Kaburu, Nashir Jessa, Zulfikar Jessa and Nargis Jessa appeared before senior principal ...

The taxman wants a suit challenging re-introduction of Capital Gains Tax struck out. In documents filed yesterday, the Kenya Revenue Authority said Kenya Association of Stockbrokers and Investment Banks (Kasib) is not the target of the tax, but the ...

Nairobi, Kenya: University Don who allegedly killed his wife in Lavington Nairobi has been freed on Sh100, 000 bond pending completion of investigations. Judge Luka Kimaru released Fredrick Onyango Ogolla after his lawyer Steve Kimathi made an application to ...

BY James Muliro The capital gains tax (CGT) continues to elicit more debate regarding its efficacy especially on the sale of equities. This comes even as tax experts say the government could raise the tax in June and thereafter in a ...

A Malindi resident has moved to High court to compel the electoral agency provide detailed report for voter identification and result transmission systems it intends to use during the October 17 presidential election. Mr Gabriel Mwewe says the aim of his ...

A son of the architect of the Sh7.6 billion Triton oil scandal, Yagnesh Devani, has been dragged to court and charged with assaulting his mother. A subdued Raj Harikrisna Devani appeared before Kiambu Principal Magistrate Ms Stella Atambo on ...

A 15 year-old boy who scaled the parameter wall around State House Nairobi two weeks ago to seek assistance from President Uhuru Kenyatta to record his music has been discharged conditionally from custody. A jovial Mathew Maina Kinuthia apologised to President ...

NAIROBI, March 23 (Reuters) - A Kenyan court charged two former executives of collapsed Imperial Bank with involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the bank and depositors of 29 billion shillings ($286 million), a court filing showed on ...

Two foreigners has been charged with being in possession of 6.9 papers intended to resemble and pass as US Dollars currency notes and 739, 200 papers intended to resemble and pass as Euro currency notes. Mohammed Sani Alias Dr.Mustafa, a ...

A court has directed the Divisional Crime Investigating Office (DCIO) to probe claims that mobile phone provider Safaricom system was hacked into, resulting in a technical hitch, the directions were made yesterday in the trial of two Nigerians. One ...

By Andrew Oduor To a large extent, a number of companies supply either to withholding VAT agents or some form of zero-rated supplies. This means they will perpetually be in a VAT refund position and thus suffer an additional ...

A court has directed that Sh2 million be returned to three Imperial Bank officials charged with conspiracy to defraud the financial institution. Senior Principle Magistrate Joyce Ngandani gave the directive after defense lawyer Steven Kimathi told the court that the cash ...

by Andrew Oduor A Q&A guide to civil and criminal tax litigation in Kenya.   This Q&A provides a high level overview of the key practical issues in civil and criminal tax litigation, including: pre-court/pre-tribunal process, trial process, documentary evidence, ...

The Judicial Service Commission has said it will give Supreme Court Judge Njoki Ndung’u an opportunity to present her side of the story in a petition seeking her removal from officer over allegations of gross misconduct. In a sworn document, ...

A Supreme Court judge at the centre of a retirement age dispute on Tuesday asked the High Court to stop the Judicial Service Commission from investigating her.  Justice Susanna Njoki Ndung’u claimed the commission lacked jurisdiction to investigate her over allegations ...

A businessman wants the High Court to stop the National Super Alliance (Nasa) from calling for repeat poll boycott as well as holding demonstrations on Thursday. Mr Raju Bhagat Singh claims the boycott calls have affected the economy and that the ...