Crime, Courts & Investigations - (08/04/2009 )
	Alarm over sale of unregistered drugs
	A major controversy pitting one of Kenya’s oldest drug manufacturing company and a government agency over the legality of its drugs is shaping up. The controversy has brought fears that some pharmaceutical companies could be selling unregistered drugs to Kenyans. Interestingly, the drugs could be passing through the hands of other unsuspecting government agencies. ... Read More
Bailing out suspects
Q: How do courts and the police determine the amount of bail to be deposited by an accused person? Sometimes we hear someone has been ordered to deposit a Sh40,000 cash bail for a simple case of trespass, whereas people accused of serious offences like assault are at times ordered to deposit a mere Sh5,000. ... Read more
Dream shattering deals
The allure of becoming an instant millionaire for 30-year-old Rose Adera was irresistible. Through Dan and Claris, her contacts in Nakuru town, she was to purchase mwarumbaine (neem tree) seeds — a herb with medicinal value believed to cure 40 diseases — at Sh1,000 each and sell in Nairobi at Sh2,000 each. ... Read more
Rapist’s shock as judge reinstates charges, jails him
A matatu driver got the shock of his life when the High Court reinstated a defilement charge dropped by a magistrate’s court and gave a harsh sentence. Kericho Resident Judge Justice Mary Ang’awa reinstated the defilement charge and jailed the driver for 20 years. ... Read more
Police yet to unravel boy’s killers nine years on
They had gone to hunt wild rabbits, but the six boys from Thika’s Makongeni Estate ended up being the hunted instead. It was on July 15, 2000, when five of the boys, aged between 14 and 17 years, were burnt to death by villagers of Munyu, Thika District. ... Read more
Lawyers should stop hypocrisy
The ongoing acrimonious public debate on the Judiciary, its performance, overhaul restructuring and removal of the Chief Justice, now at the behest of the Law Society of Kenya, appears ironical. ... Read more
Twelve years of delayed justice
He sits pensively basking in the sun before he suddenly grins exposing toothless gaps in his mouth. He has just seen a warder approach him in the company of lawyers who he hopes will help him leave jail. ... Read more
Doctors’ mistake that sent rapist to the gallows
In October 2000, a misfortune that struck a family like a twin bomb in a remote village in Othaya, Nyeri District, exposed the double-edged nature of law. It was early evening of October 7, 2000, when Rachael Wangeci, a seven-year-old girl was playing outside their home with her younger sister. ... Read more
Burden of proving rape
Sometime in November 2002, two police officers were on patrol in Changamwe, Mombasa, when they bumped into a woman carrying five litres of chang’aa. The woman was a prominent brewer in the area and whenever she fell in the hands of law enforcers, she knew what to do. ... Read more

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