Justice Gregory Mutai — High Court judge presiding over major cases including pension disputes, compensation for protest victims, and infrastructure projects.
… Appearing before Justice Gregory Mutai, Sakaja testified under oath that he has already forwarded the nomination of Dr Machel Waikenda to the County Assembly after a fresh recruitment process, and that the remaining stages are beyond his control. …
… Justice Gregory Mutai is on Tuesday expected to hear the matter inter partes after finding that the application raised issues requiring urgent determination. …
… Kanja appeared alongside Deputy Inspector-General Eliud Lagat and Basic Education Principal Secretary John Ololtuaa after they were summoned by Justice Gregory Mutai to explain the alleged failure to comply with court orders issued on June 25 regarding the management of the schoo …
… al of Police Douglas Kanja has told the High Court he only became aware of orders directing the restoration of Gatoto Community Primary School to its management on Thursday, pledging the National Police Service would comply.Kanja spoke while appearing before Justice Gregory Mutai …
… The Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) gave the breakdown in a letter dated Thursday to advocate Lempaa Suiyanka, complying with a High Court judgment delivered by Justice Gregory Mutai on May 26. …
IG Kanja, DIG Lagat, PS Ololtuaa summoned in court over Gatoto school management By Dzuya Walter July 20, 2026 03:02 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize High Court Judge Gregory Mutai has orde …
… Justice Gregory Mutai faulted the government over the project's funding, procurement and implementation, ruling that it violated multiple provisions of the Constitution by proceeding without parliamentary approval, mandatory feasibility studies, lawful procurement and meaningful …
… In a judgment delivered by Justice Gregory Mutai, the court found that the multi-billion-shilling project proceeded without parliamentary approval, a competitive procurement process, a feasibility study or meaningful public participation, rendering its implementation unconstituti …
… In a judgment delivered by Justice Gregory Mutai, the court found that the multi-billion-shilling project proceeded without parliamentary approval, a competitive procurement process, a feasibility study or meaningful public participation, rendering its implementation unconstituti …
The High Court has ordered Platinum Credit Limited to preserve its customer and marketing records as it considers a case challenging how personal data is collected, used and handled by the digital lender. Justice Patricia Nyaundi Mande certified the case as urgent, requiring the company to keep records including customer agreements, consent documentation, communications, complaints, and data protection policies that could be important to the case.
The High Court has ordered Platinum Credit Limited to preserve its customer and marketing records as it considers a case challenging how personal data is collected, used and handled by the digital lender. Justice Patricia Nyaundi Mande certified the case as urgent, requiring the company to keep records including customer agreements, consent documentation, communications, complaints, and data protection policies that could be important to the case.
Justice Gregory Mutai quashed a Sh709 million cost award by the Retirement Benefits Tribunal in a dispute over Sh7 billion pension payout, ruling that Standard Chartered Bank was not given a chance to be heard before the decision was made. The judge directed the tribunal to hear and determine the issue afresh before deciding whether the bank should shoulder the costs incurred by former employees.
Justice Gregory Mutai has ordered the government to ring-fence Sh105 million in a compensation fund for victims of torture, enforced disappearances and abductions pending a court challenge to the government's authentication process for identifying and verifying beneficiaries under Presidential Proclamation No. 1 of 2026.
The High Court in Nairobi has called out President William Ruto's compensation team for leaving out 35 persons abducted during Gen-Z protests from the compensation list during verification. Justice Gregory Mutai ordered the team to set aside Sh 105 million for compensating abduction victims, noting that torture and abductions were more severe than minor injuries of listed victims.
Justice Gregory Mutai has ordered the government to set aside Ksh.105 million from a compensation fund to pay victims of torture, enforced disappearances and abductions, pending a hearing on a petition challenging the government's authentication process for verifying victims. The court has also restrained the government from implementing the disputed authentication process.
Justice Gregory Mutai issued interim orders barring the Director of Public Prosecutions and Director of Criminal Investigations from arresting, charging, or prosecuting Co-operative Bank of Kenya Limited and its former CEO Gideon Muriuki in an ongoing criminal investigation. The court also stayed all further proceedings in the criminal case pending an inter partes hearing.
Co-operative Bank of Kenya and its Group Managing Director Gideon Muriuki have secured interim High Court orders stopping their prosecution over allegations of failing to report suspicious transactions linked to a Ksh.363.4 million theft from First Assurance Investment Company Limited. The orders restrain the DPP and DCI from arresting, charging or prosecuting them pending the hearing of their constitutional petition.
Mukurweini MP John Kaguchia was arraigned in Milimani Law Courts over alleged inciting remarks made during a political rally in Kieni, Nyeri County. His legal team challenged the charges on constitutional grounds, arguing they violated Article 50(2) safeguards and breached freedom of expression.
A High Court judge will rule next Friday on a petition challenging the removal of 35 victims of abduction and enforced disappearance from a compensation list for anti-government protest victims. The petitioners accuse the Makau Mutua-led Panel of Experts of unlawfully excluding these victims and subjecting them to a new authentication process, while the KNCHR has backed the petition.
Governor Johnson Sakaja told the High Court that he has complied with a court order to appoint a substantive Nairobi County Secretary by forwarding the name of Dr Machel Waikenda to the County Assembly for vetting and approval. Sakaja said his first nominee was rejected, prompting the formation of a new selection committee that recommended Waikenda.
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja told the High Court that he has complied with court orders on appointing a substantive County Secretary, having nominated Dr Machel Waikenda to the County Assembly after a fresh recruitment process following the rejection of an initial nominee.
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja appeared before Milimani High Court to answer contempt proceedings over his alleged failure to appoint a substantive County Secretary nearly eight months after a December 2025 judgment ordering him to do so. His lawyer told the court that Sakaja had appointed Godfrey Akumali as Acting County Secretary and forwarded his nomination to the County Assembly for vetting and approval.
Activists have filed a High Court petition challenging the exclusion of victims of enforced disappearance from the government's compensation programme for human rights violations victims. The High Court certified the petition as urgent, with a hearing scheduled before Justice Gregory Mutai.
Inspector-General Douglas Kanja appeared in the High Court in Nairobi over the contested privatisation of Gatoto Community Primary School in Mukuru kwa Njenga, after being summoned by Justice Gregory Mutai to explain alleged failure to comply with court orders from June 25 directing the Ministry of Education to register the school as a private, non-profit APBET institution. Petitioners argue State agencies have not enforced the orders and allege lawyers faced hostility; respondents contend the school has operated as public since the 1990s and mid-year transfer would disrupt learning.
Inspector General Douglas Kanja told the High Court on Friday he only became aware of orders directing the restoration of Gatoto Community Primary School to its management on Thursday, pledging the National Police Service would comply. The school's Board of Management had filed contempt of court proceedings accusing senior government and police officials of deliberately disobeying restoration orders.
Parliament disclosed it spent Sh26,328,500 on the 2025 National Prayer Breakfast following a High Court judgment ordering the disclosure after a freedom of information request. The Clerk of the Senate said the event, held annually at Safari Park Hotel on the last Thursday of May, is partly funded from the Parliamentary Service Commission's budget and broadcast live for Kenyans unable to attend in person.
High Court Judge Gregory Mutai has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Deputy Inspector General, and Principal Secretary for Basic Education to personally appear before court to explain delayed implementation of orders directing transfer of Gatoto Comprehensive School's management. The petitioners, represented by Law Society of Kenya President Charles Kanjama and senior counsel Martha Karua, reported encountering hostility while serving court orders, including vandalism of vehicles.
Kenya's High Court declared the Sh11.5 billion Riruta-Ngong Commuter Meter Gauge Railway Project unconstitutional, citing violations of parliamentary approval, feasibility studies, lawful procurement, and public participation requirements. Justice Gregory Mutai also ruled that the use of the Railway Development Levy Fund to finance the project was unconstitutional and void.
The High Court has nullified the government's Sh12 billion Ngong–Riruta metre gauge railway project, ruling that it was implemented in violation of the Constitution and procurement laws, having proceeded without parliamentary approval, competitive procurement, a feasibility study, or meaningful public participation. Although construction is about 40 per cent complete, the project can only proceed after the government complies with all legal requirements.
The High Court has nullified the government's Sh12 billion Ngong–Riruta railway project, ruling it violated the Constitution and procurement laws by proceeding without parliamentary approval, competitive bidding, a feasibility study, or meaningful public participation. The court found the project's financing through the Railway Development Levy Fund was unconstitutional, though construction is about 40 per cent complete, and the government must meet legal requirements before proceeding.
The High Court has ruled that the government's Ksh.12 billion Ngong Riruta metre gauge railway project was initiated and implemented in breach of constitutional and statutory requirements, including lack of parliamentary approval, competitive procurement, adequate public participation and a feasibility study. Although the project is about 40 per cent complete, it may continue only after the government complies with all legal requirements.
The High Court has ruled that the government's Ksh.12 billion Ngong Riruta metre gauge railway project was initiated and implemented in breach of constitutional and statutory requirements, finding it lacked parliamentary approval, competitive procurement, public participation, and a feasibility study. Although the project is about 40 per cent complete, it may only continue after the government complies with all legal requirements.
Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku has been summoned to appear before the High Court on July 24, 2026, to answer contempt proceedings over the alleged disobedience of court orders suspending the transfer of Amboseli National Park to Kajiado County Government. If found guilty, he faces a possible six-month jail term.
Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku has been summoned to appear in the High Court on July 24 to answer contempt proceedings over allegations that he defied conservatory orders suspending the transfer of Amboseli National Park to the county government; he faces a possible six-month jail term. The court barred the county government and governor from entering, taking over, or implementing the Deed of Transfer dated 14th October 2025, pending the hearing.
The High Court has for the second time barred Kajiado County Governor Joseph Ole Lenku and county officials from taking over, managing or interfering with Amboseli National Park pending a contempt hearing scheduled for July 24.
A High Court decision to register Gatoto Community Primary School in Mukuru kwa Njenga as a private non-profit APBET institution has drawn complaints from residents and school officials, who say the move affects children in informal settlements and plan to return to court to challenge the orders.
Justice Gregory Mutai declined to grant conservatory orders sought by JILK Construction Limited to stop the acquisition of East African Breweries Limited shares by Japan-based Asahi Group Holdings from Diageo, finding the petitioner had failed to establish sufficient grounds for the restraint.
The High Court dismissed JILK Construction Company's application for conservatory orders to halt Diageo's Sh340 billion sale of its controlling stake in East African Breweries to Japan's Asahi Group Holdings, ruling that the firm's grievances had no link to the transaction.
The High Court has given Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen 14 days to file responses and affidavits in three petitions seeking his removal over alleged shoot-to-kill remarks made last year. Justice Gregory Mutai also directed that all parties file responses within 14 days and set July 27, 2026, for a mention to confirm compliance and determine case consolidation.
Justice Gregory Mutai rejected Bia Tosha Distributors Limited's second application for conservatory orders to halt Diageo's proposed sale of its 65 percent stake in East African Breweries Limited to Japan's Asahi Group Holdings, valued at Sh300 billion or US$2.3 billion.