Owner-authorized historical source collection
Historical accountability cases
Public-source records covering all 64 original research entries and 50 Gemini submissions after duplicate matching. The 92 case pages include court decisions, audits, reported investigations and documented allegations. Search by issue, evidence and procedural status.
Owner-authorized historical notes, prepared with AI assistance. They were NOT personally reviewed by an activated REKODI publisher and are not publisher-approved court records or signed editorial releases. The project owner authorized this finite batch on 26 October 2026.
Each entry states its checking date and limits. Earlier research dates of 20–24 October are retained; the Gemini additions received targeted source checks on 26 October. These are not complete certified docket searches. An allegation is not a finding of guilt, and a historical sentence does not prove present custody.
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92 historical summaries
- Muthurwa traffic officer: corruption convictions upheld on second appeal
- Bribery and extortion
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Mburu v Republic [2024] KECA 594 (KLR) · Court of Appeal at Nairobi
Criminal conviction · Further appeal status unknownAppeal judgment · Decided
On 24 May 2024 the Court of Appeal dismissed the second appeal of traffic police officer Dan Kang'ara Mburu, convicted over corruption proceeds and abuse of office in Muthurwa, Nairobi, in 2017. The charged proceeds were KSh5,250; that is not a measure of wider loss.
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- Kalamba police officer: motorcycle-release bribery convictions upheld
- Bribery and extortion
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Arati v Republic [2026] KEHC 12579 (KLR) · High Court at Makueni
Criminal conviction · Further appeal status unknownAppeal judgment · Decided
On 6 August 2026 the High Court at Makueni dismissed the appeal of police officer Justine Nyangaresi Arati against three bribery convictions over requests for KSh3,000 to release an impounded motorcycle at Kalamba in June 2020. The fines of KSh20,000 per count are a sentence, not a measure of the bribe.
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- Lukenya cattle-release bribery: mixed outcome on appeal
- Bribery and extortion
- Court record
- Appeal pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Wilson & 2 others v Republic [2025] KEHC 7854 (KLR) · High Court (Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division)
Mixed outcomes — see individual findings · Further appeal pendingAppeal judgment · Decided
On 5 June 2025 the High Court decided appeals by a former Lukenya area chief, Tirus Ndambuki Musyoka, and two police officers convicted over demands for money to release detained cattle in March 2019. It set aside the convictions on two counts for all of them and ordered refunds of fines paid on those counts. It upheld the former chief's convictions on two other counts concerning KSh40,000 received. The police officers no longer stand convicted. In July 2026 the Court of Appeal gave the former chief more time to file a further appeal.
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- KEMRI: Davy Koech's fraud conviction, later pardon and death
- Public funds and procurement
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Koech v Republic [2022] KEHC 13066 (KLR) · High Court at Nairobi (Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division)
Criminal conviction · Further appeal status unknownJudgment · Decided
Dr Davy Koech, a former director of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), was convicted in September 2021 of fraudulently acquiring KSh19.3 million of KEMRI funds in 2006. On 22 September 2022 the High Court dismissed his revision application, a procedural review that was not a fresh appeal on the merits. He was pardoned by the President in July 2023 and died on 5 September 2024. He is not presently imprisoned.
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- NSSF share-purchase fraud: conviction upheld on first appeal
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
On 3 July 2024 the High Court dismissed the appeal of former NSSF investment manager Francis Zuriels Moturi against his conviction over payments of about KSh1.2 billion for shares that were not bought through Discount Securities in 2007–2008, and barred him from public office.
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- IEBC voter-identification procurement: convictions upheld
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
On 30 October 2024 the High Court upheld the convictions of former IEBC chief executive James Oswago and former deputy Wilson Shollei for wilful failure to comply with procurement law in the 2012–2013 electronic voter identification contract, with a KSh7.5 million fine or four years' imprisonment each. Two co-accused were acquitted; the supplier was not convicted. A further appeal was announced.
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- Youth Fund consultancy payments: convictions upheld on second appeal
- Public funds and procurement
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Ngamau & another v Republic [2025] KECA 1753 (KLR) · Court of Appeal at Nairobi
Criminal conviction · No further appeal locatedAppeal judgment · Decided
On 24 October 2025 the Court of Appeal dismissed Mukuria Ngamau's second appeal in the Youth Enterprise Development Fund consultancy case, which concerned payments to Quorandum Limited for purported ICT consultancy supported by false documents. Convictions for fraudulent acquisition of public property and making false documents remain. The High Court had earlier set aside the conspiracy conviction and its sentence. The trial court's compensation order recited in the judgment is KSh189,364,789; that figure is a court order, not proof of recovery. Co-accused who died before judgment are not found guilty by this record.
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- EPRA bribery case: conviction upheld on first appeal
- Bribery and extortion
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
In November 2023 the High Court dismissed the appeal of Robert Pavel Oimeke, former Director-General of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, against a bribery conviction linked to the reopening of a petrol station in Oyugis in December 2020. The sentence was a KSh1,000,000 fine or three years' imprisonment in default. He was acquitted on another count.
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- Stanley Mombo Amuti: 2020 Supreme Court jurisdiction ruling on civil unexplained-assets decree
- Public funds and procurement
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Amuti v Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission [2020] KESC 45 (KLR) · Supreme Court of Kenya
Civil liability found · No further appeal locatedRuling · Decided
Stanley Mombo Amuti, a former public officer at the National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation, was ordered in civil proceedings to pay the Government KSh41,208,000 as assets he could not explain from lawful income. The Court of Appeal dismissed his challenge in May 2019, and on 30 April 2020 the Supreme Court struck out his further appeal for want of jurisdiction. Unexplained-assets cases are decided on the civil standard and are not findings of criminal guilt.
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- Youth Fund hatcheries contract: 2018 abuse-of-office conviction
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
In February 2018 former Youth Enterprise Development Fund chief executive Juma Mwatata Mwangala was convicted of abuse of office over a KSh208.53 million contract for hatching machines and fined KSh1 million or six months in default; he was acquitted on two other counts. The contract value is not a loss.
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- CTDLT procurement: 2022 appeal decision and unresolved later-ruling check
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Status not established
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
On 1 December 2022 the High Court dismissed Joseph Karanja Ndung'u's appeal concerning the procurement of promotional materials by the Catering and Tourism Development Levy Trustees. It upheld his procurement-law conviction and two forgery convictions. The trial court had acquitted six other defendants. This is an account of those decisions, not a finding against any supplier or colleague.
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- Eastleigh North chief: two bribery convictions upheld on second appeal
- Bribery and extortion
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Ngugi v Republic [2025] KECA 1569 (KLR) · Court of Appeal at Nairobi
Criminal conviction · No further appeal locatedAppeal judgment · Decided
On 3 October 2025 the Court of Appeal dismissed the second appeal of Paul Kuria Ngugi, a former chief in Eastleigh North, Nairobi. It affirmed his convictions for soliciting and receiving a bribe in October 2014 in connection with introduction letters needed for identity documentation. KSh25,000 was solicited and KSh20,000 received; these are not separate losses. He was acquitted at trial on a third count. The historical sentence is not evidence of present imprisonment or payment.
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- Muthurwa assistant chief: bribery appeal dismissed
- Bribery and extortion
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Kinoti v Republic [2024] KEHC 8354 (KLR) · High Court at Nairobi (Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division)
Criminal conviction · Further appeal status unknownAppeal judgment · Decided
On 8 July 2024 the High Court dismissed the appeal of Alexander Matiiri Kinoti, an assistant chief in Muthurwa, Nairobi, against a bribery conviction. The conviction concerned a request for KSh2,000, reduced to KSh1,800, to let a wines-and-spirits business operate without a licence in January 2021. The court maintained the conviction and the trial sentence, which included a fine with a default prison term and a two-year public-office bar. He had been acquitted on two other counts.
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- Former Kasarani MP: CDF bribery convictions upheld on appeal
- Bribery and extortion
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Njoroge v Republic [2023] KEHC 20900 (KLR) · High Court at Nairobi (Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division)
Criminal conviction · Further appeal status unknownAppeal judgment · Decided
On 20 July 2023 the High Court dismissed the appeal of John Njoroge, former Member of Parliament for Kasarani, against convictions for soliciting and receiving KSh100,000 in July 2013 to facilitate the final Constituency Development Fund payment to a contractor building a school. The outstanding contract payment of about KSh3.34 million is not the bribe and not a loss. The historical sentence is not evidence of payment or imprisonment.
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- Tourism Board Maasai Mara trip: civil repayment order
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
In November 2022 the High Court ordered former Permanent Secretary Rebecca Nabutola and others to repay about KSh8.93 million jointly and severally over 2007 payments for a Maasai Mara trip and a tourism breakfast. An appeal was lodged and a conditional stay granted in February 2023. This is a civil order.
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- Kiambu road-tender case: convictions upheld; money-laundering acquittals reversed; sentencing pending
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
On 14 October 2026 the High Court dismissed appeals by former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and co-accused against their 2025 convictions over a KSh588 million road contract, upheld the 12-year sentence, reversed acquittals on money-laundering counts and convicted on them. Sentencing on those counts was pending; on 22 October 2026 the trial court referred the file to the High Court for directions and adjourned to 27 October 2026.
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- Samburu fuel-supply case: three appellants acquitted
- Public funds and procurement
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
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Lenolkulal & 2 others v Republic [2025] KEHC 16027 (KLR) · High Court at Nairobi (Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division)
Acquittal · No further appeal locatedAppeal judgment · Decided
On 7 November 2025 the High Court allowed the consolidated appeals of former Samburu Governor Moses Kasaine Lenolkulal, Hesbon Jack Wachira Ndathi and Bernard Ltarasi Lesurmat in the Samburu fuel-supply prosecution and acquitted them. It set aside their 2024 convictions and sentences, ordered refunds of any fines paid and removed the ten-year disqualification from public office. The 2024 trial convictions are not the current outcome.
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- Migori county payments case: charges withdrawn after civil settlement
- Public funds and procurement
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
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Republic v Obado & 17 others [2026] KEMC 96 (KLR) · Chief Magistrate's Anti-Corruption Court at Milimani
Charges withdrawn · No further appeal locatedJudgment · Decided
On 15 May 2026 the anti-corruption court allowed the withdrawal of charges against former Migori Governor Zachary Okoth Obado and 17 co-accused over alleged channelling of county supplier payments. The court relied on a plea agreement and on a prior civil settlement under which properties valued at about KSh235 million and two vehicles were surrendered. The withdrawal is not a conviction or a guilty plea. Separate criminal proceedings concerning a murder are unrelated to this record.
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- Nairobi KSh20 million revenue-tender case: Sonko defence stage
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Proceedings pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and a co-accused are on trial over a KSh20 million revenue tender after a December 2022 acquittal was set aside in December 2024; they were put on their defence in January 2025 and deny wrongdoing.
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- Nairobi KSh213 million payments case: Kidero and five former officials acquitted
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
On 6 November 2025 the anti-corruption court acquitted former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero and five former county officials at the no-case-to-answer stage in the KSh213 million payments prosecution. Other defendants were put on their defence and are presumed innocent.
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- Kakamega contractor benefits: court voids DPP's reversal of decision to charge Oparanya
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Proceedings pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
On 2 October 2026 the High Court declared the DPP's July 2024 reversal of a decision to charge Wycliffe Oparanya unconstitutional and void. This is a ruling about prosecutorial process, not a finding that he received unlawful benefits.
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- Machakos county official: civil unexplained-assets judgment
- Public funds and procurement
- Court record
- Appeal pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission v Musyoka & 9 others [2024] KEHC 13560 (KLR) · High Court at Nairobi (Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division)
Civil liability found · Further appeal pendingJudgment · Decided
On 28 October 2024 the High Court found that Urbanus Wambua Musyoka, a former Machakos County executive, held unexplained assets: bank amounts of about KSh10.95 million and the cost of building a residence, for which it entered a money judgment of KSh80,251,815. The land under the building was not itself proved unexplained. He signalled an appeal, and in February 2025 the court granted a stay on condition that security be deposited. This is a civil finding, not a criminal conviction.
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- Nairobi finance officer: civil unexplained-assets forfeiture stands
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Former Nairobi finance chief officer Jimmy Mutuku Kiamba's assets were forfeited in civil unexplained-assets proceedings; the Court of Appeal upheld the recovery on 9 February 2024 and the Supreme Court struck out his further appeal for want of jurisdiction on 10 May 2024. This is not a criminal conviction.
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- Homa Bay County Assembly travel-imprest case: five convictions upheld
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
On 15 December 2022 the High Court upheld the convictions of five former Homa Bay County Assembly officials for drawing public imprests for trips and conferences that did not take place, and upheld the acquittal of a sixth person whose signature had been forged.
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- Mombasa County Assembly procurement: 2024 convictions
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
EACC reports that on 20 June 2024 a Mombasa court convicted a county assembly procurement officer and a former clerk over an attempted KSh870,000 payment to Kuri Supplies and false documents, and acquitted a third accused.
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- Nyandarua water master-plan procurement: 2025 convictions
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
In March 2025 the anti-corruption court at Nyahururu convicted former Nyandarua Governor Daniel Waithaka and Grace Wanjiru Gitonga of procurement-law violations over county water and sewerage design services; Waithaka was fined KSh500,000 on each of two counts or two years in default. The reported KSh50 million contract value is not a proven loss.
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- David Mberia: historical bribery findings and unresolved office-bar status
- Bribery and extortion
- Land and natural resources
- News investigation
- Status not established
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
David Mberia, then MCA for Karen ward, was convicted in February 2021 on three counts of bribery over a county assembly inquiry into school land; the requested and received amounts were separate (KSh1 million demand, KSh500,000 reduced demand, KSh200,000 received).
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- Nairobi cemetery land: 2026 civil restitution decision and unresolved later appeal check
- Public funds and procurement
- Land and natural resources
- Official finding
- Status not established
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
On 24 March 2026 the High Court found fraud in the City Council of Nairobi's purchase of cemetery land in 2008–2009 and ordered former council official Mary Ngechi Ng'ethe to repay KSh13 million with interest and costs; her counterclaim was dismissed.
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- Parliament shootings, 25 June 2024
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- Investigation reported
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
The BBC Africa Eye investigation Blood Parliament reconstructed fatal shootings outside Parliament during the 25 June 2024 protests. IPOA published victim-specific investigation updates. This entry records those attributed sources without naming individual shooters or resolving a discrepancy between victim names in different records. It does not adopt a total of 19 deaths at the Parliament gate.
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- Rex Kanyike Masai: fatal shooting during Nairobi protests and public inquest
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- News investigation
- Proceedings pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Rex Kanyike Masai was fatally shot in Nairobi on 20 June 2024 during protests against the Finance Bill. The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) investigated alleged police involvement, and a public inquest (Milimani INQ E015/2024) heard evidence. Court reporting in September 2026 recorded that the inquest heard 30 prosecution witnesses and 48 exhibits, including authenticated CCTV footage, and that submissions were to follow. No inquest finding on responsibility had been reported when this record was checked.
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- Andrew Mwawasi: fatal shooting in Githurai, June 2024
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- Investigation reported
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Andrew Mwawasi was shot dead in Githurai 44 on the night of 25–26 June 2024; IPOA completed its investigation and referred the file to the prosecutor on 19 September 2024.
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- Kennedy Onyango: child’s death during Ongata Rongai protests and oversight investigation
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- Investigation reported
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
IPOA publicly recorded an investigation into the death of Kennedy Onyango, a child killed during the June 2024 protests in Ongata Rongai. Its July narrative and later status table differ on the exact incident date. This brief preserves the public accountability issue while omitting graphic details, home information and disputed claims about the shooter.
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- Albert Omondi Ojwang: death in police custody and pending murder trial
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- News investigation
- Proceedings pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Albert Omondi Ojwang died in June 2025 after he was arrested and held at Nairobi Central Police Station. An autopsy reported by Reuters contradicted the initial police explanation, and six people were charged with his murder (High Court Criminal Case E010 of 2025). The High Court refused bail to three accused on 30 September 2025, citing public order and the risk of witness interference; that ruling is not a finding of guilt. Court reporting in July 2026 said the trial had been adjourned to 14 December 2026.
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- Boniface Mwangi Kariuki: protest shooting and murder charge
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- News investigation
- Proceedings pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Boniface Mwangi Kariuki, a mask vendor, was shot at close range in central Nairobi during protests on 17 June 2025 and died on 30 June 2025. A police constable was charged with murder and pleaded not guilty; the High Court refused him bail in February 2026 to protect witnesses, which is not a finding of guilt. The prosecution declined to charge a second officer with murder. The trial had not reached a verdict when this record was checked.
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- Kitengela 2024: Bob Njagi and the Longton brothers' disappearance and habeas case
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Documented allegation
- News investigation
- Proceedings pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Bob Micheni Njagi and brothers Jamil and Aslam Longton disappeared in Kitengela on 19 August 2024 and were later found alive. In habeas proceedings brought by the Law Society of Kenya and others, the High Court had imposed a suspended six-month sentence on Deputy Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli for contempt of court for failing to appear; on 20 September 2024 it set the contempt conviction aside after he appeared and apologised, and recorded that the three men had been found. That ruling does not find who held them. The men have publicly described secret detention and ill-treatment; those accounts are their allegations. In 2026 they were among survivors seeking inclusion in a compensation scheme.
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- December 2024 disappearances of five online critics
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- News investigation
- Proceedings pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Between 21 December 2024 and early January 2025, five young men known for online criticism of the government — Billy Wanyiri Mwangi, Peter Muteti, Bernard Kavuli, Gideon Kibet and Ronny Kiplang'at — disappeared in separate incidents in Embu, Nairobi, Kajiado and Kiambu. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights documented the disappearances and police denied holding them. The High Court ordered police to produce them. All five were reported released alive by 6 January 2025. No court has identified who took them. In 2026 they were among survivors seeking inclusion in a compensation scheme.
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- Brian Odhiambo: disappearance and trial of six KWS rangers
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- News investigation
- Proceedings pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Brian Odhiambo, a fisherman, went missing near Lake Nakuru National Park on 18 January 2025. In May 2025 the prosecution charged six Kenya Wildlife Service officers with abducting him with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine him; they denied the charges. On 3 March 2026 the Nakuru court found they had a case to answer, which is not a conviction. Defence evidence was continuing in September and October 2026. His whereabouts have not been established.
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- Mlolongo disappearances: four men missing since December 2024
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- News investigation
- Proceedings pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Justus Mutumwa Musyimi, Martin Mwau, Karani (Kalani) Muema and Steve (Stephen) Mbisi Kavingo were reported missing from Mlolongo in mid-December 2024. Habeas corpus proceedings followed (High Court Petition E009/2025), and in February 2025 the Court of Appeal declined a police request to halt them; police said none of the men was in their custody. The body of Justus Mutumwa was identified at a Nairobi mortuary in January 2025, and Martin Mwau's body was later identified. Reporting in June 2026 said Karani Muema and Steve Mbisi were still untraced. No court has found who was responsible.
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- Ang'ata Barikoi: five civilians killed during land-demarcation operation
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- News investigation
- Investigation reported
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Police acknowledged that five civilians died on 28 April 2025 during a confrontation over a land-demarcation operation in Ang'ata Barikoi, Narok, and referred the deaths to IPOA; the DPP sought an expedited investigation.
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- Dela Ward MCA Yussuf Hussein Ahmed: disappearance and return
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- News investigation
- Investigation reported
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Public court reporting records a January 2025 order concerning the disappearance of Dela Ward MCA Yussuf Hussein Ahmed. He was reported reunited with his family in March 2025. This note records the disappearance, court intervention and reported return; it does not repeat an unverified allegation against a named politician.
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- NYS funds: civil forfeiture of assets traced to Samuel Wachenje, later varied
- Public funds and procurement
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Assets Recovery Agency v Wachenje alias Sam Mwandime & 7 others [2020] KEHC 2556 (KLR) · High Court at Nairobi (Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division)
Asset forfeiture ordered · Recorded decision varied on further appealJudgment · Decided
On 23 July 2020 the High Court ordered civil forfeiture of a maisonette in Kasarani, a plot in Ruiru and four vehicles that it found were acquired with funds diverted from the National Youth Service, where KSh791,385,000 had been fraudulently paid out. The principal respondent was Samuel Wachenje, also known as Sam Mwandime. In October 2020 the court excluded one vehicle after a buyer proved she had acquired it lawfully. Civil forfeiture does not require, and is not, a criminal conviction.
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- NYS II: civil forfeiture of Ngirita family properties
- Public funds and procurement
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- Decision issued
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Assets Recovery Agency v Ngirita & 2 others [2020] KEHC 3214 (KLR) · High Court at Nairobi
Asset forfeiture ordered · Further appeal status unknownJudgment · Decided
On 26 August 2020 the High Court ordered forfeiture of five parcels of land and a vehicle belonging to members of the Ngirita family after finding, on the civil standard, that they were acquired with National Youth Service payments to Ngiwaco Enterprises (about KSh109 million tabulated in the judgment). The respondents disputed the claim. Criminal cases against members of the family are separate and their outcomes are not part of this record.
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- NCPB–Erad maize case: convictions quashed; civil award challenge sent back
- Public funds and procurement
- Court record
- Decision issued
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Wakhungu & 2 others v Republic [2024] KECA 1426 (KLR) · Court of Appeal at Nairobi
Mixed outcomes — see individual findings · Further appeal status unknownAppeal judgment · Decided
On 11 October 2024 the Court of Appeal set aside the criminal convictions and sentences of Grace Sarapay Wakhungu, John Koyi Waluke and Erad Supplies and General Contracts in the National Cereals and Produce Board maize-arbitration case. In separate civil proceedings, on 7 November 2025 the Court of Appeal sent the challenge to the arbitral award back to the High Court for determination, expressly making no conclusive finding of misrepresentation. The earlier long prison terms reported in 2020 are no longer operative.
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- KEMSA COVID-19 procurement: Auditor-General's special audit
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Investigation reported
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
In 2020 the Auditor-General's special audit of COVID-19 spending by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) reported breaches of procurement and public-finance rules, including commitment letters of about KSh7.78 billion issued beyond approved budgets and payments of about KSh4.71 billion at the audit date, as well as unused stock. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission opened an inquiry and recommended charges in 2020, and the prosecutor later returned files for further investigation. These are audit and investigation findings; no court has convicted anyone in this matter.
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- Arror and Kimwarer dams: audit findings and criminal acquittal
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
On 14 December 2023 the anti-corruption court acquitted former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and eight co-accused in the Arror and Kimwarer dams case after the prosecution failed to establish its case. The Auditor-General separately reported advance payments without value and stalled works. Audit findings do not establish individual wrongdoing.
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- Triton petroleum proceedings: docket-specific status unresolved
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Status not established
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Triton petroleum litigation includes several distinct proceedings concerning petroleum released in 2008. An EACC statement records charges and a not-guilty plea in 2024. Reports of October 2024 withdrawals and a July 2026 High Court direction to continue identified proceedings require docket-by-docket reconciliation. This entry preserves that unresolved procedural record; it makes no finding of guilt and does not label every proceeding active or concluded.
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- Anglo-Leasing forensic laboratory procurement: revived counts and appellate stay
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Proceedings pending
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
In July 2025 the High Court set aside January 2024 no-case acquittals on specified counts in the Anglo-Leasing police forensic laboratory prosecution; the Court of Appeal later paused the trial, which remained stalled in mid-2026. No one has been convicted.
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- Kenya Pipeline autotransformers case: two acquitted, one on defence
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
On 31 January 2025 the court acquitted former Kenya Pipeline managing director Charles Kiprotich Tanui and Elias Maina Karumi at the no-case stage over the procurement of three autotransformers; a third accused was put on his defence and is presumed innocent.
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- SGR Embakasi land compensation: Swazuri and 16 others acquitted
- Public funds and procurement
- Land and natural resources
- News investigation
- Decision issued
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On 26 March 2026 the court acquitted former National Land Commission chairman Mohammed Swazuri and 16 others of charges over KSh221 million compensation for land claimed as railway reserve.
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- Windward Trading: Jersey corporate money-laundering conviction and asset return to Kenya
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
In February 2016 the Royal Court of Jersey convicted Windward Trading Limited, on its guilty plea, of laundering proceeds of corruption linked to Kenya Power contract payments and confiscated about £3.28 million and US$540,330. In 2022 Jersey and Kenya agreed to return £3 million. The company's plea is not an individual conviction.
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- Kenya Power labour-and-transport prequalification case: acquittals
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
On 17 April 2026 the anti-corruption court acquitted Kenya Power officials charged over the prequalification of labour-and-transport contractors.
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- Kisumu pipeline fuel case: convictions quashed on appeal
- Public funds and procurement
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Aseneka & 2 others v Republic [2026] KEHC 1893 (KLR) · High Court at Kisumu
Conviction set aside · No further appeal locatedAppeal judgment · Decided
On 15 January 2026 the High Court allowed three consolidated appeals in the Kisumu Kenya Pipeline fuel-loading prosecution, holding that the prosecution had not proved the offences beyond reasonable doubt. It quashed the 2025 convictions, set aside the sentences, ordered release unless otherwise lawfully held and refunds of any fines paid, and ordered retained fuel released to the second appellant. Earlier announcements of conviction are superseded.
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- Mavoko Three: murders of Willie Kimani, Josephat Mwenda and Joseph Muiruri
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- Decision issued
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On 22 July 2022 the High Court convicted three police officers and an informer of the June 2016 murders of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri; a fourth officer, Leonard Maina Mwangi, was acquitted. On 3 February 2023 Fredrick Leliman was sentenced to death, Stephen Cheburet Morogo to 30 years, Sylvia Wanjiku Wanjohi to 24 years and Peter Ngugi Kamau to 20 years.
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- Alexander Monson custody death: officers' convictions quashed
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Court record
- Decision issued
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Chege & 3 others v Republic [2023] KECA 466 (KLR) · Court of Appeal at Mombasa
Conviction set aside · No further appeal locatedAppeal judgment · Decided
Alexander Monson died in May 2012 after arrest and detention at Diani Police Station; post-mortem evidence identified a blunt-force head injury. Four officers were convicted of manslaughter in 2021. On 28 April 2023 the Court of Appeal found the convictions unsafe because unresolved evidential doubts had to be resolved in the appellants' favour, quashed them and set aside the sentences. In May 2026 it refused the prosecution more time to seek a Supreme Court review.
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- Ruaraka police custody death: OCS's murder conviction upheld
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
Nahashon Mutua v Republic [2020] KECA 71 (KLR) · Court of Appeal at Nairobi
Criminal conviction · No further appeal locatedAppeal judgment · Decided
On 18 December 2020 the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Chief Inspector Nahashon Mutua, then officer commanding Ruaraka Police Station, against his conviction for the murder of Martin Koome Manyara. Martin was arrested in December 2013 without injuries, was assaulted at the station and died in hospital. The court upheld the investigation by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority, which had led to the withdrawal of an earlier murder charge against a fellow detainee.
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- Githurai 45 shooting: police officer's murder conviction upheld
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Court record
- Decision issued
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Titus Ngamau Musila Katitu v Republic [2020] KECA 705 (KLR) · Court of Appeal at Nairobi
Criminal conviction · Further appeal status unknownAppeal judgment · Decided
On 24 April 2020 the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of police officer Titus Ngamau Musila, known as Katitu, against his conviction for the murder of Kenneth Kimani Mwangi, who was shot at a bus stage in Githurai 45 on 14 March 2013. The court found the case proved beyond reasonable doubt and criticised failures to preserve ballistic evidence and a 'blue code of silence' among police witnesses.
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- Kwekwe Mwandaza shooting: officers' manslaughter convictions upheld
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Court record
- Decision issued
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IP Veronica Gitahi & another v Republic [2017] eKLR · Court of Appeal at Mombasa
Criminal conviction · Further appeal status unknownAppeal judgment · Decided
In February 2017 the Court of Appeal at Mombasa dismissed the appeals of two police officers convicted of manslaughter for the death of 14-year-old Kwekwe Mwandaza, shot inside her family's house in Kinango during a night police operation on 22 August 2014. The trial court had found reckless firing in darkness without identifying the occupants; it found manslaughter, not murder.
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- M-Club Kangemi: three surrendered men killed by police; murder convictions upheld
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- Decision issued
- Original research collection (64 inputs)
On 19 June 2020 the Court of Appeal upheld the murder convictions of two police officers for shooting three men after they surrendered at M-Club in Kangemi on 6 October 2014, one of them an Administration Police officer who had handed over his pistol. It replaced the death sentences with ten years' imprisonment from the date of conviction.
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- Laikipia illicit-brew raid death: officers' murder convictions upheld
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Court record
- Decision issued
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Musau & another v Republic [2026] KECA 1887 (KLR) · Court of Appeal
Criminal conviction · Further appeal status unknownAppeal judgment · Decided
On 25 September 2026 the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeals of three police officers convicted of murdering Mary Chepkorir Kiprotich, who was beaten during an illicit-brew operation at her home in Laikipia and died of a blunt head injury. The oversight authority and trial record date the incident to March 2020. Four officers were sentenced to 15 years each in April 2024; one died in prison before his appeal was decided. Two local administrators charged in the same case were acquitted.
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- Kianjokoma brothers: deaths after arrest and pending murder trial
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- News investigation
- Proceedings pending
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Brothers Benson Njiru Ndwiga and Emmanuel Mutura Ndwiga died after police arrested them in Kianjokoma, Embu, during COVID-19 curfew enforcement on the night of 1–2 August 2021. Six police officers are on trial for murder in the High Court (Criminal Case E061 of 2021). Witnesses have given competing accounts: police said the brothers jumped from a moving vehicle, while pathologist evidence reported in court disputed that. Court reporting in August 2026 said the trial was continuing. There has been no verdict.
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- Yassin Moyo: curfew-era fatal shooting and reported prosecution
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- Proceedings pending
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IPOA and court reporting record the fatal shooting of Yassin (also spelled Yasin) Moyo during March 2020 COVID-19 curfew enforcement in Nairobi and a subsequent murder prosecution. This is a dated source note, not a guilty verdict. It omits the child’s address, family details and graphic injury descriptions.
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- Samantha Pendo: Kisumu police-operation death, inquest and reported prosecution
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- News investigation
- Proceedings pending
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Samantha Pendo died after the August 2017 police operation in Kisumu. An inquest was followed by a prosecution involving command responsibility. Later court reporting records charges against four commanders after charges against eight others were dropped, with victims challenging that decision. This limited public note omits sexual-violence survivor identities, witness details and graphic material.
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- Evans Njoroge: student leader shot during 2018 Meru protest; murder trial pending
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- News investigation
- Proceedings pending
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Evans Njoroge, a student leader at Meru University of Science and Technology, was shot dead on 27 February 2018 during a protest over fees. The Independent Policing Oversight Authority investigated and the prosecution charged a police constable with murder in the Meru High Court (Criminal Case 59 of 2018); he pleaded not guilty and was reported to be on bail. Reporting in September 2026 said the trial was still unresolved.
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- Lake Naivasha fisherman killing: officer's murder conviction upheld
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Court record
- Decision issued
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Wiyema v Republic [2025] KECA 1574 (KLR) · Court of Appeal
Criminal conviction · Further appeal status unknownAppeal judgment · Decided
On 3 October 2025 the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of police officer Evans Maliachi Wiyema against his February 2021 conviction for the murder of fisherman Moses Kinyanjui Wanyoike, shot at Crescent Island, Lake Naivasha, on 25 July 2014 during an operation against unlicensed fishing. The courts rejected his claim of self-defence.
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- Goldenberg export compensation: inquiry and prosecution-review litigation
- Public funds and procurement
- Court record
- Status not established
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
The Goldenberg affair generated a commission of inquiry and several distinct prosecutions concerning export compensation and financial transactions. A 2013 Kenya Law judgment records judicial review of the prosecution of Kamlesh Pattni and associated companies; a Court of Appeal ruling records a challenge to the orders halting that prosecution. This entry preserves those procedural records rather than presenting an allegation, a commission report or the end of a prosecution as a conviction.
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- Kenya Power transformer procurement: historical charges and unresolved final-outcome check
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Court record
- Status not established
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
An ODPP newsletter records the prosecution of former Kenya Power executives over transformer procurement. This entry concerns that procurement, rather than the separate labour-and-transport prequalification proceedings already in the archive. The final signed disposition of this specific transformer case has not been verified for this summary, so it does not describe the accused as convicted or the prosecution as currently active.
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- Kisumu oil jetty procurement: Joe Sang and co-accused acquitted in 2022
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Citizen Digital’s court report of 7 December 2022 records the acquittal of Joe Sang and five former Kenya Pipeline managers in the Kisumu oil jetty procurement case after the prosecution failed to establish the charges. This is separate from the autotransformer procurement and pipeline fuel cases. An earlier ODPP account records the prosecution, not a finding of guilt.
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- NHIF Clinix and Meridian capitation case: 2023 acquittals reported
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
The Star’s court report records the acquittal of Richard Langat Kerich and co-accused on 3 November 2023 in the NHIF Clinix and Meridian payments case. Earlier litigation concerned charge-sheet amendments and the opportunity to answer the charges; it was not the final acquittal. This entry corrects the supplied dossier’s 2021 final-outcome date.
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- NHIF IT and revenue-collection procurement: distinct contracts and reported withdrawal
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- News investigation
- Status not established
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
A parliamentary Public Investments Committee report records concerns about NHIF software procurement and the Webtribe revenue-collection contract. Court reporting records withdrawal of the charges against Geoffrey Mwangi in January 2023 and earlier withdrawal for Webtribe and its directors. The supplied dossier’s Crucial Systems description is not assumed to identify the same contract, and this entry does not extend one defendant’s withdrawal to every co-accused.
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- KPA concrete-barrier procurement: prosecution and request for review
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Status not established
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Contemporary reports record a prosecution concerning concrete-barrier procurement at the Kenya Ports Authority and Daniel Manduku’s November 2022 request that the DPP review the charges for insufficient evidence. A defence request to drop charges is not itself an order withdrawing them. This entry does not adopt the supplied dossier’s claim that this prosecution had already been withdrawn in March 2022.
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- Afya House health spending: 2016 audit allegations and reported investigation
- Public funds and procurement
- Documented allegation
- News investigation
- Status not established
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
A leaked 2016 Ministry of Health internal audit generated public allegations about health expenditure and procurement, widely described as the Afya House affair. Citizen Digital’s retrospective identifies transactions questioned in the audit and the subsequent accountability concerns. This source note records those allegations as reported; it does not turn an audit query into a criminal finding against a company or official.
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- NCPB maize-payment investigations: 2017–2018 purchasing concerns
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Investigation reported
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
EACC’s 2018 reporting records allegations that NCPB and agriculture officials purchased strategic-reserve maize through traders or unregistered suppliers contrary to government guidelines. This entry preserves the official investigation record about maize payments. It is separate from the Erad arbitration case and does not combine fertilizer allegations with maize purchases as one proved offence.
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- Lake Turkana wind-power transmission delays: audit of deemed-energy costs
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Parliament’s Public Investments Committee considered a special audit of costs incurred because the transmission connection for Lake Turkana Wind Power was delayed. Project lender EADB separately described land-management and contractor-insolvency delays. This is a record of infrastructure oversight, contractual cost and public accountability; delay or a contractual payment alone is not proof of corruption by an individual.
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- Itare Dam: stalled construction, financing and public accountability
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Status not established
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
County government and Kenya News Agency accounts describe the stalled Itare Dam project and proposals to restart it following the original contractor’s financial difficulties. A project-finance announcement identifies the original financing and contractor. This entry records the public project history and delivery concerns without declaring a stalled project itself criminal fraud.
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- JKIA Greenfield Terminal: audit queries and KAA’s response
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Investigation reported
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Parliament reported its May 2025 scrutiny of payments and contract termination in the JKIA Greenfield Terminal project. MPs questioned advance and consultancy payments, including groundbreaking expenses. KAA told the committee that advances were guaranteed and amounts were recovered or settled through mediation, and supplied its explanation of consultancy work. Those responses form part of this record; an audit query is not a conviction.
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- Rigathi Gachagua: separate criminal withdrawal and civil forfeiture reversal
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Public court reporting records withdrawal of the criminal prosecution concerning companies associated with Rigathi Gachagua in November 2022. Separate reporting records a 2022 civil forfeiture order and a later agreement, adopted in appellate proceedings in February 2023, returning the funds. A historical asset-forfeiture order must not be presented as still operative without its later reversal.
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- Malindi NG-CDF prosecution: charges against Aisha Jumwa withdrawn in 2022
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Contemporary court reporting records the DPP’s withdrawal of the NG-CDF corruption charges against Aisha Jumwa in October 2022. Proceedings involving other defendants were separate, and the withdrawal for Jumwa must not be described as their outcome. This note concerns the constituency-fund case, not a separate homicide prosecution.
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- Nairobi county-contracting prosecution: partial acquittal reported in April 2026
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Proceedings pending
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Citizen Digital’s 30 April 2026 court report records Sonko’s acquittal on one money-laundering count and a case-to-answer finding on other tender-related counts. The report distinguishes this from the KSh20 million revenue-tender case already in the archive. This is a partial outcome, not a blanket clearance or a conviction on the remaining counts. The supplied dossier’s December 2022 acquittal must not be carried into this larger prosecution without a matching order.
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- Garissa urban-support grant: Korane prosecution withdrawn in August 2023
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Citizen Digital and The Star reported that a Nairobi court allowed withdrawal of the prosecution concerning the Garissa Kenya Urban Support Program grant on 3 August 2023. The DPP said the evidentiary basis did not support continuing the case. This corrects the supplied dossier’s October 2022 date and does not describe the defendants as convicted.
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- Busia waste-management feasibility case: Ojaamong acquitted in May 2025
- Public funds and procurement
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Citizen Digital’s court report records that Sospeter Ojaamong and eight co-accused were acquitted on 16 May 2025 in the Busia waste-management feasibility-study prosecution. The magistrate found the prosecution had not proved the charges beyond reasonable doubt. This entry corrects the supplied dossier’s 2023 final-acquittal date.
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- Tharaka Nithi fire-engine procurement: historical prosecution and pleas
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- News investigation
- Status not established
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EACC’s annual report and contemporary reporting record the prosecution over Tharaka Nithi fire-engine procurement and the defendants’ denials. The charges concern an alleged procurement irregularity, not a conviction established by this entry. This record is distinct from other counties’ fire-engine tenders and from unrelated summonses involving the same governor.
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- Ruaraka school land: public-land ruling and later compensation litigation
- Land and natural resources
- Public funds and procurement
- Official finding
- Court record
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
EACC’s July 2026 statement records a Court of Appeal decision affirming that land occupied by Ruaraka High School and Drive-In Primary School is public land and that the compulsory-acquisition compensation was unlawful. This is a civil land determination, not a criminal conviction. Later reporting about separate compensation proceedings must be reconciled by docket before any broader conclusion is drawn.
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- Stephanie Moraa: 2017 fatal shooting and reported inquest findings
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Reuters reported on 17 March 2021 that an inquest attributed the death of child Stephanie Moraa during the 2017 election aftermath to police gunfire and criticised the failure to identify the officer responsible. This note preserves the attributed inquest account without naming an unverified shooter, publishing the family’s address or reproducing graphic details.
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- Carilton David Maina: fatal shooting and documented oversight proceedings
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- News investigation
- Status not established
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
IPOA performance reporting and contemporary news coverage record the investigation and prosecution following the fatal shooting of Carilton David Maina in Kibera in December 2018. This brief preserves that accountability record without adopting a reconstruction of the shooting as a judicial finding. It does not claim that a final verdict has been verified.
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- River Yala bodies: documented discoveries and demands for investigation
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Documented allegation
- Official finding
- Investigation reported
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Amnesty International Kenya’s January 2022 fact-finding statement records bodies recovered from River Yala between July 2021 and January 2022 and calls for investigation. ICJ Kenya separately called for accelerated inquiries. This entry records the discoveries and accountability demands without asserting that every victim was killed by the same unit or linking every recovery to the later SSU prosecutions.
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- Khan, Kidwai and Mwania disappearances: SSU prosecution and later charge changes
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Obstruction and failures of accountability
- News investigation
- Status not established
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Public reporting records the July 2022 disappearances of Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan, Mohammed Zaid Sami Kidwai and Nicodemus Mwania Mwange. Reuters reported not-guilty pleas to murder charges by 15 security personnel in February 2025. Later court reporting describes disputed fresh proceedings after changes to the charges. This entry does not freeze the case at the original nine-officer stage or treat a charge as a finding that the missing men were killed by a particular accused.
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- Arshad Sharif killing: constitutional damages and 2026 Supreme Court appeal
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Court record
- Official finding
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
A 2024 Kenyan court decision found the police shooting of journalist Arshad Sharif unlawful and awarded compensation. The Supreme Court’s 3 July 2026 judgment addresses the family’s further appeal concerning relief and prosecution. This entry includes that later decision rather than presenting the 2024 ruling as the final procedural step. A constitutional finding is distinct from a criminal conviction of an individual officer.
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- Evans Kiratu: reported death after a tear-gas injury during June 2024 protests
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Documented allegation
- News investigation
- Investigation reported
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Contemporary reporting quotes the Kenya Human Rights Commission’s account that Evans Kiratu died after being struck by a tear-gas canister during the June 2024 demonstrations in Nairobi. This limited entry records the reported death and accountability concern. It omits graphic injury descriptions and does not identify an unverified officer or unit as responsible.
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- Denzel Omondi: death, drowning finding and calls for investigation
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Documented allegation
- News investigation
- Investigation reported
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Denzel Omondi’s body was recovered from a quarry in Juja in July 2024 after he had participated in the protests. Contemporary reporting and Amnesty Kenya record a post-mortem account of drowning and concerns about bruising that required investigation. This entry does not turn unanswered questions into a finding of torture, murder or responsibility by state agents.
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- June 2024 activist abductions: public reports and human-rights monitoring
- Police misconduct and abuse
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- Documented allegation
- Investigation reported
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
KNCHR documented abductions and arbitrary arrests during the June 2024 protests. Contemporary civil-society and news reports identify incidents involving online critics and organisers, including Shadrack Kiprono, known as Shad Khalif. This entry is confined to that June wave. The December 2024 disappearances, Kitengela incident and Mlolongo cases have separate archive records.
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- Kariobangi and Ruai evictions: housing-rights concerns during the 2020 pandemic
- Land and natural resources
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Official finding
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
UN human-rights experts’ May 2020 statement describes evictions in Kariobangi and Ruai during the COVID-19 restrictions and calls on Kenya to stop evictions and protect housing rights. The source distinguishes the locations, dates and affected groups. This grouped public-interest record does not treat the two operations as a single court case or add their population estimates into an independently verified total.
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- Sharon Otieno murder case: July 2026 conviction reported
- Rights violations and retaliation
- Other public-interest matters
- News investigation
- Decision issued
- Gemini collection (50 inputs)
Citizen Digital’s 23 July 2026 court report records the High Court conviction of Okoth Obado, Michael Oyamo and Caspal Obiero for Sharon Otieno’s murder. An earlier Kenya Law ruling documents the proceedings before that reported verdict. This entry therefore does not describe the case as simply awaiting a verdict, as the supplied dossier did. It omits intimate medical, genetic and graphic details.
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