Author: The Law spectacle

Kwetu eSIM is officially on the Safaricom M-PESA Super App. This will enable Kenyan travelers, tourists, and business professionals to access affordable global mobile data directly using their M-PESA balances. The integration eliminates common cross-border travel hassles, such as hunting for physical SIM cards at foreign airports, dealing with expensive international credit card fees, or experiencing unexpected roaming bill shocks. Through the new Mini App, users can browse, purchase, and activate digital SIM profiles covering over 200 destinations worldwide within minutes. “Travelers want instant, reliable data without the friction of physical SIM swaps or complicated payment methods,” said Kevin Mwando,…

Xiaomi Kenya today unveiled the REDMI Note 17 Series, the latest generation of its best-selling smartphone lineup, introducing three new models, including the first-ever Pro Max model, the REDMI Note 17 Pro Max 5G. The series provides substantially larger batteries and faster charging for extended endurance, enhanced water and drop resistance, and an all-new design language, bringing long-lasting reliability to the mid-range segment and delivering on REDMI’s vision of a smartphone built for years. The launch also marks a major milestone: REDMI Note Series has now surpassed 500 million shipments worldwide.¹ Generation after generation, the series has stayed true…

City lawyer Conrad Maloba is in another allegedly deadly scandal barely months after his law firm was implicated in another suspected fraud. This is after he spent a night in police custody for allegedly, alongside other suspects, defrauding a foreigner of millions in a fake ambulance tender. The advocates, however, secured his release from the police after he managed to pay a police bond. Detectives believe that the fraud is part of a multi-layered international fraud network anchored around his law firm’s bank account and is just one of the many. The advocate whose name is now full in the…

The legal walls are closing in on a decades-long land dispute as former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner Davis Nathan Chelogoi failed in his latest attempt to pivot the direction of his Sh1.3 billion fraud trial. On Wednesday, a Nairobi court rejected Chelogoi’s bid to block Chief Magistrate Dolphina Alego from concluding the case. The ruling marks a “major blow” to the former presidential advisor, who had hoped the case would be reassigned following Alego’s administrative transfer. The Dispute at a Glance At the heart of the storm is a prime 8-acre estate in Lower Kabete. While Chelogoi claims he was legally…

Patroba Odhiambo Tobias lawyer Alphonce Collins Odoyo Osewe Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina complainant Bernard Shiaundu Aete A Nairobi lawyer, Alphonce Collins Odoyo Osewe, and his co-accused, Patroba Odhiambo Tobias, have been arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts following a sophisticated gold scam that allegedly defrauded investors of over Ksh.35 million. The case against lawyer Alphonce Collins Odoyo Osewe and Patroba Odhiambo Tobias (alias “Ishmael”) highlights a worrying trend of “wash-wash” syndicates using legal professionals to create a veneer of legitimacy. The Case at a Glance The duo faces six counts, including obtaining money by false pretences and transacting with proceeds…

Lawyer-cum-politician Stephen Nyandiare In what looks like an irony of recent days, or a play within a play, city lawyer Stephen Nyandiare has blatantly insulted Kenyan investigative journalists, calling them extortionists and other names after they successfully exposed how he allegedly defrauded an American investor of millions in a fake gold scandal. The advocate who previously refused to respond to the said accusations when contacted for a comment allegedly defrauded a US-based businessman, Kelly Radnitzer, of his millions in what the security experts call the deadliest gold scandal of recent days. He has so responded to the accusation through his…

Businessman Honey Khatwani, who is facing fraud charges amounting to Sh356 million, has suffered another major setback after a court ordered the auction of his properties in Baba Dogo over accumulated rent arrears. This situation has put Honey Khatwani in a dire position regarding his business investments. On August 15, 2025, senior principal magistrate Lucy Njora directed that police officers from Parklands and Ruaraka police stations supervise the auction of Khatwani’s godowns in Baba Dogo. The ruling was delivered in case number MCCCMISC/E2036/2025, pitting auctioneer Zacharia Baraza t/a Siuma Auctioneers and Oki General Trading Ltd against Galaxy Middle East &…

Jatin Aswani Linked to Tax For a long time, some rogue businessmen have been linked to multiple instances of tax and immigration fraud in Kenya. These scandals, including those linked to Jatin Aswani, have fueled corruption and cost the country millions of shillings in lost revenue from innocent taxpayers’ money. At the centre of the allegations of fraud is controversial businessman Jatin Aswani. Before he escaped into hiding in Uganda after committing financial fraud in Kenya. The cases against him are still active as an open wound. Additionally, Aswani initially for many years operated an Eco bank account which he…

Abbas Badru Omuyoma in USD 280,000 Gold Scam Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Nairobi Regional Office, have arrested a man linked to a fake Gold business. According to Abbas Badru Omuyoma, alias Ishmael was over his involvement in a gold scam that swindled a Canadian investor out of USD 280,000. The suspect was nabbed along Dennis Pritt Road, Nairobi, after weeks of pursuit following a formal complaint lodged on September 1, 2025. According to investigators, Abbas Badru Omuyoma and an accomplice, who is still on the run, lured the investor with promises of 550 kilograms of gold…

A businessman has been charged at the Milimani Law Courts with conspiring to defraud an American national of more than Sh 223.7 million in a fake gold deal. David Onyango Ochanda appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego and denied the charges against him. Ochanda is facing charges of jointly conspiring with others already charged to swindle Tanner Caldwell Cook between March 31 and May 30, 2024, in Nairobi. The prosecution alleges that Ochanda and his accomplices falsely claimed they were in a position to sell 2,820 kilograms of gold to Cook, knowing the representation to be false. The court…