High Court keeps Chelogoi’s Sh1.3bn Lower Kabete fraud trial on track
Key points
- High Court Justice Alexander Muteti declined to stop the criminal trial of former Nairobi PC Davis Nathan Chelogoi over a Sh1.3 billion Lower Kabete land dispute.
- Mention: 1 September 2026 before Magistrate Alego, to fix dates to continue.
- Chelogoi alleged fair-hearing and jurisdiction issues after a magistrate moved stations; complainants said those points were already decided.
- Prosecution has closed; accused are on their defence. Petition: HCCHRPET/E155/2024.
The High Court sent former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner Davis Nathan Chelogoi back downstairs. Justice Alexander Muteti refused to freeze the Sh1.3 billion Lower Kabete land-fraud trial, Eastleigh Voice reported.
The file returns to the magistrate’s court for mention on 1 September 2026 before Magistrate Alego, to pick dates. Chelogoi had gone up on fair-hearing grounds and on whether a magistrate who later transferred still had a proper grip on part of the case. Complainants said those points were already chewed in the trial court and earlier rounds, that the prosecution has closed and the accused are on defence, and that constitutional/JR papers were being used as a handbrake. “I still maintain that these are judicial review proceedings,” their counsel told Muteti. They accused him of shopping similar grievances across divisions to stretch a years-old dispute. The petition is HCCHRPET/E155/2024 — Chelogoi versus DCI, ODPP and three others. With the High Court stepping back, the Sh1.3 billion count resumes where it stopped. A refused stay is not a conviction; it is a calendar.
A defence case is not a closed file
September 1 is a mention, not a verdict. The public still needs the charge sheet in plain language: which title, which year, which co-accused.
Crime desk: Crime. Verified Sh1.3 billion, Muteti ruling, 1 September mention and petition number from Eastleigh Voice.
The trial court should put the next hearing dates on the cause list the same week. ODPP should confirm the defence stage in one paragraph.
Parties should treat further High Court side-applications as delay unless a new right is actually at stake.
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Based on Eastleigh Voice reporting of Justice Muteti’s ruling. Chelogoi remains an accused person.
