The High Court will today deliver judgment in a case where prisoners are seeking to be allowed to attend the funeral ceremonies of their close family members.
The petition filed by Moses Dola and Sheria Mtaani wants the law changed so bereaved inmates are informed and get automatic permission to attend the funerals of loved ones.
Dola who is an inmate at the Kiambu GK prison says he filed the petition on behalf of all other prisoners.
Dola was in 2018 convicted of manslaughter in the death of his wife Wambui Kibiro.
He filed the petition after his mother died but he wasn't allowed to attend the funeral, a move he terms a violation and erosion of a fundamental freedom and right of prisoners.
Milimani High Court Judge Lawrence Mugambi will deliver the judgment today.
Ex-governor Lenolkulala Sh84 million graft case continues
Elsewhere at the Anti-Corruption magistrate court, the hearing of the Sh84 million graft case against former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal continues.
Lenolkulal who testified on Monday asked the court to dismiss the charges saying investigators errored in the prosecution.
His co-accused former finance chief officer Daniel Lenolkirina said the county did not lose any money in its contract with Oryx Service Station for the supply of petroleum products.
Daniel Lenolkirina told Trial Magistrate Thomas Nzyuki that due process was followed and that the fuel was supplied and consumed.
Kange'the's extradition case
In the criminal court, chief magistrate Lucas Onyina will today give directions in an application by the DPP to have wanted American fugitive Kevin Kangethe extradited to face murder charges in the US.
Kangethe, 40, is accused of killing his girlfriend Margaret Mbitu, 31, in Massachusetts before fleeing to Kenya three months ago.
He was arrested in Nairobi on Tuesday and arraigned where a magistrate directed he be detained for 30 days ahead of extradition.
But the DPP says he has, through the Attorney General, received a formal extradition request from the US government to have Kangethe extradited.