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Supreme Court smells a rat as indicted Ruto allies win reprieves

Kenya's top jurist is not happy that criminal prosecutions of some of the president's allies have been dropped. She has privately raised the matter with law enforcement colleagues in an effort to shore up her court's credibility. [...]

Published on 12.12.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Aisha Jumwa
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Deadly blast in Ruto stronghold highlights political ripples of long-running goldmine row

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Kenya
Supreme Court smells a rat as indicted Ruto allies win reprieves

Spotlight | Kenya
Anti-graft bodies fume over failure to prosecute bigwigs close to government

Kenya
Chemase goldmine saga takes new turn with elderly landowner's 'abduction'

Kenya
Ruto opens perilous new chapter in fight against corruption

Kenya
Top judiciary officials at loggerheads over fraud claim

Kenya
Ruto deploys sleuths in hundreds of state agencies

In Focus | Kenya
Deadly blast in Ruto stronghold highlights political ripples of long-running goldmine row

In Focus | Kenya
President Ruto grapples to assert power in the face of Kenyatta clan's wealth and Moi family's prestige

Kenya
Ruto's business chums prepare for new era of prosperity

Kenya
Allies persuade Ruto to hold fire against ex-top cop

Kenya
Ruto cautiously keen to resume $500m hydro dam projects

Kenya
Just a month into the job, Ruto backpedals on good governance

Spotlight | Kenya
Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki, key figure in Ruto's government

Kenya
Ruto consolidates his bastions and chips away at Odinga's with his new government

Inner circles | Kenya
Who are the seven figures at the heart of the Electoral Commission crisis?