Kenya: Kisumu Court Issues Notice on Planned Destruction of Old Case Records

The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kisumu has announced plans to permanently destroy old criminal and civil case records, giving the public a 3-month window to reclaim any exhibits before the files are wiped from the court’s registry.

This declaration was made public through a gazette notice dated April 24, signed by Chief Magistrate D.O. Onyango, which invokes the Records Disposal (Courts) Rules under Cap. 14 of Kenya’s subsidiary legislation, a legal framework that guides how old court…