Court in Nairobi where terrorism, trafficking, enforced disappearance, and hate speech cases are heard.
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… NCIC say the suspect has been arraigned at the Kahawa Law Courts to answer to charges of hate speech and incitement. …
NCIC condemns hate speech as DCI arrests a politicianThe Anti-Terrorism Police Unit told a court that lawyer Abshir Ahmedsadak Abdi, who has been missing from court, was arrested in October over an alleged abduction and extortion ring operating in Eastleigh. Prosecutors later abandoned a 10-day detention bid, arguing investigations could proceed while he remained out on bond.
4 November 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Anti-Terrorism Police Unit told a court that lawyer Abshir Ahmedsadak Abdi, who has been missing from court, was arrested in October over an alleged abduction and extortion ring operating in Eastleigh. Prosecutors later abandoned a 10-day detention bid, arguing investigations could proceed while he remained out on bond.
4 November 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Three suspects have pleaded not guilty to charges of transnational human trafficking and extortion. They are accused of abducting a 16-year-old boy from Nairobi's Eastleigh estate in April 2025, smuggling him through Sudan and South Sudan to Libya, and extorting more than Ksh.5 million from his family through torture videos.
22 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Three suspects accused of abducting a Nairobi minor and trafficking the child to Libya appeared before Kahawa Law Courts on Wednesday and are expected to take plea on Thursday. The suspects face charges linked to an alleged cross-border extortion syndicate that demanded millions of shillings from the victim's family.
21 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A Kahawa Law Courts magistrate has ruled that ex-Special Service Unit police officers should be charged afresh with enforced disappearance in connection with the disappearance of two Indian nationals and their Kenyan driver.
2 October 2026 · The Standard →
Kahawa Law Courts has postponed plea-taking for 15 former Special Service Unit officers facing fresh charges over the alleged 2022 abduction of two Indian nationals and a taxi driver. The court directed the prosecution to establish the status of related proceedings and pending appeals before the accused can enter a plea, after the defence objected that the new charges replicate an earlier case.
1 October 2026 · Capital News →
Kahawa Law Courts has deferred plea-taking for 15 former Special Service Unit officers facing charges over the alleged 2022 abduction of two Indian nationals and their taxi driver, after directing the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to establish the status of pending appeals and proceedings before Superior Courts challenging the fresh charges.
1 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Three terror convicts — Musharaf Abdala, Mohamed Ali Abikar, and Joseph Juma Odhiambo — have been sentenced to an additional 15 years' imprisonment each for escaping from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison in November 2021. They were convicted of committing a terrorist act contrary to the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
29 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Director of Public Prosecutions has filed 17 fresh charges against 15 officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and National Intelligence Service over the alleged 2022 kidnapping of two Indian nationals and a Kenyan driver. The suspects face charges including kidnapping with intent to murder, conspiracy, and subjecting a person to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
28 August 2026 · Capital News →
The Director of Public Prosecutions has filed 17 new charges against 15 officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and the National Intelligence Service over the alleged kidnapping of two Indian nationals and their Kenyan driver in July 2022. The suspects face charges including kidnapping with intent to murder, conspiracy, and cruel treatment.
27 August 2026 · Capital News →
A Kahawa Law Courts has sentenced Ibrahim Hussein Hassan, an Al-Shabaab member, to a combined 115 years in prison after convicting him of seven terrorism-related offences; however, the sentences will run concurrently, so he will serve 20 years, the longest individual sentence.
7 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Ibrahim Hussein Hassan was convicted by Kahawa Law Courts on seven terrorism-related charges under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2012, after the ODPP proved he was a member of the outlawed Al-Shabaab terrorist group. The charges included membership in a terrorist group, collection of information connected with terrorism, and possession of articles linked to terrorist acts.
28 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Director of Public Prosecutions has dropped charges linking 15 security officers to the murder of two Indian nationals and their Kenyan driver. The officers, who have been in custody for more than two years without trial, are set to be released.
23 June 2026 · The Standard →
The Director of Public Prosecutions has dropped charges linking fifteen security officers to the murder of two Indian nationals and their Kenyan driver. The officers, who had spent more than two years in custody without trial, are set to be released.
23 June 2026 · The Standard →
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will withdraw murder charges against fifteen former DCI officers over the 2022 disappearance of two Indian nationals and their Kenyan driver, but will continue prosecuting them on charges of abduction, torture, conspiracy, and forgery. The three men vanished in July 2022 during the election period; the two Indian nationals were reportedly involved in digital operations linked to President Ruto's campaign.
22 June 2026 · Capital News →
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn murder charges against 15 police officers accused in the killing of two Indian nationals and their Kenyan driver in July 2022, filing a nolle prosequi before the High Court in Kiambu.
22 June 2026 · Capital News →
The Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn murder charges against 13 police officers from the SSU, DCI, NIS, and KWS who were accused in connection with the disappearance and suspected killing of two Indian nationals and their Kenyan driver.
22 June 2026 · The Standard →
Sahara Ahmed Barre was arraigned in Kahawa Law Courts on charges of ethnic contempt under the National Cohesion and Integration Act after making inflammatory remarks in a viral social media video. She was released on a cash bail of Sh200,000 or a bond of Sh1 million with a surety.
5 June 2026 · Capital News →
Two Borana elders—former Golole chief Dabasa Dambi and community elder Guracha Dambala—arrested during a security operation in Sololo have been detained for ten days as investigations continue into alleged links to the Oromo Liberation Army militia based in Ethiopia. Their arrest sparked mass demonstrations in Sololo, with the state prosecutor claiming the suspects were planning a coordinated attack on residents of Basir in Eldas Constituency, Wajir County.
12 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Bare Sahara Ahmed was arraigned at Kahawa Law Courts on Monday and remanded in custody for 10 days as the Directorate of Criminal Investigations probes allegations of hate speech and ethnic incitement linked to a viral video. The court authorized forensic analysis of digital evidence, including call data records and financial transactions, and the National Cohesion and Integration Commission condemned the utterances attributed to Ahmed, stating that freedom of expression does not extend to hate speech or incitement to violence.
28 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has rejected a viral social media post claiming that Bare Sahara Ahmed, arrested for remarks in a viral video, had been released, stating she remains in custody pending arraignment before Kahawa Law Courts on Monday.
27 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The National Cohesion and Integration Commission has condemned "hateful utterances" allegedly made by Bare Sahara Ahmed from Garissa County, whose viral video remarks were deemed likely to incite division. The aspiring legislator was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations following a review of the footage.
27 April 2026 · The Standard →