… Justice Roselyne Aburili ordered that Petition, filed by the LSK against the Attorney General and several State agencies, will serve as the lead matter after the court established that it raises substantially similar issues to Petition lodged by Awino. …
… Appearing before a three-judge bench of Justices Francis Gikonyo, Roselyne Aburili and Tabitha Ouya, lawyers led by Senior Counsel Kalonzo Musyoka and advocate Soyinka Lempaa argued that the planned disposal of more than six billion government-held Safaricom shares violated the C …
… The bench comprising Justices Francis Gikonyo, Moses Ado and Roselyne Aburili rejected arguments by the AG that the dispute should first be handled through a forensic audit being conducted by the Auditor-General and parliamentary oversight mechanisms."For the foregoing reasons, w …
… In a ruling rendered on June 25,2026, the bench comprising Justices Francis Gikonyo, Moses Ado and Roselyne Aburili allowed an application filed by the IMF seeking to be removed from the proceedings on grounds that it is protected by international treaties and Kenyan law. …
High Court Judge Roselyne Aburili has recused herself from a petition involving fugitive and suspended Nairobi Finance CEC Charles Kerich who was recently sentenced to three months in jail for contempt of court over a Sh106.7 million debt. …
… The matter came up for mention on Wednesday before Justice Roselyne Aburili, where the court was informed that none of the respondents had filed their responses to the petition. …
… Justice Roselyne Aburili gave Mbadi and Wandayi, Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) and Attorney General a final chance to file their responses in a case seeking orders stopping the increase in fuel prices in the country. …
… Justice Roselyne Aburili declined without elaboration and directed that petitioner Francis Awino, national convener of grassroots economic justice movement Mtetezi, serve all respondents before inter partes directions on June 2.“I decline to certify it as urgent and direct the pe …
… The bench comprising Justices Francis Gikonyo, Moses Ado, and Roselyne Aburili sitting at Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi postponed the matter and set June 25, 2026, as the date for a ruling on whether the High Court has the power to hear the matter at all. …
Kenya's High Court has consolidated two constitutional petitions challenging the legality and transparency of the country's fuel pricing framework, with the Law Society of Kenya's petition designated as the lead case. The petitioners allege inadequate transparency and accountability in fuel price determination and management of the Petroleum Development Levy Fund, while EPRA has defended the existing pricing system as lawful and regular in its disclosures.
Why it matters
High Court consolidation of fuel pricing petitions signals major constitutional challenge to Kenya's opaque petroleum levy and pricing system.
Kenya's High Court has consolidated two constitutional petitions challenging the legality and transparency of the country's fuel pricing framework, with the Law Society of Kenya's petition designated as the lead case. The petitioners allege inadequate transparency and accountability in fuel price determination and management of the Petroleum Development Levy Fund, while EPRA has defended the existing pricing system as lawful and regular in its disclosures.
Activist Tony Gachoka and other petitioners urged a three-judge bench of the High Court to declare the government's planned sale of its 15 per cent Safaricom stake to Vodacom Group unconstitutional, arguing it would hand majority control to foreign entities. The petitioners' lawyers argued the divestiture of more than six billion government-held shares violated the Constitution and the Privatisation Act on grounds including unconstitutional revenue-raising, absent public participation, and undervalued share pricing.
A three-judge High Court bench rejected Attorney General Dorcas Oduor's bid to dismiss Senator Okiya Omtatah's petition challenging the legality of Kenya's Sh7 trillion public debts. The court ruled the petition, which alleges odious debts of Sh6.95 trillion accumulated between 2014/2015 and 2023/2024, shall proceed to hearing on its merits.
Kenya's High Court has removed the International Monetary Fund from a petition challenging the legality of Kenya's Sh7 trillion public debt, ruling that the IMF is protected by international treaties and Kenyan law from legal proceedings in Kenyan courts.
Businessman Tony Gachoka and nine others have written to the President of the Court of Appeal questioning an unusual alteration and fast-tracking of a State application seeking to overturn conservatory orders that blocked the government from selling Safaricom shares. The petitioners' lawyers say the hearing date was suddenly moved from June 29, 2026 to June 24, 2026.
High Court Judge Roselyne Aburili has recused herself from a petition challenging the eligibility of suspended Nairobi Finance CEC Charles Kerich to hold public office following a three-month contempt of court sentence over a Sh106.7 million debt, after the petitioner raised concerns about her impartiality.
The High Court has ordered the government and other respondents to file responses within 14 days to a petition challenging the process used to review fuel prices. Petitioner Francis Awino argues the case concerns the legality and constitutionality of the pricing process, not merely the cost of fuel, and seeks to halt EPRA's fuel price implementation for May 15 to June 14, 2026.
Justice Roselyne Aburili has ordered Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi, Energy and Petroleum CS Opiyo Wandayi, EPRA, and the Attorney General to file responses within 14 days in a petition by Nairobi resident Francis Awino challenging the constitutionality and legality of the fuel pricing process. Awino is seeking orders to stop the government from hiking petroleum prices beyond those announced by EPRA on May 15, 2026, arguing the case concerns the legality of the pricing process rather than the price itself.
Justice Roselyne Aburili declined to certify as urgent a petition by Francis Awino challenging fuel price increases announced by EPRA for the May 15 to June 14, 2026 cycle, directing him to serve all respondents before inter partes directions on June 2. The increases triggered a nationwide transport strike on May 18; EPRA later reduced diesel prices by Sh10.06 per litre on May 19, but matatu operators rejected the adjustment as insufficient and suspended the strike for one week to allow for government-level negotiations.
A three-judge High Court bench has adjourned proceedings in a constitutional petition challenging the legality of Kenya's Sh7 trillion public debt, setting June 25, 2026, as the date to rule on whether the court has jurisdiction to hear the matter.