David

Entrepreneur and political

[ROBA & ASSOCIATES LLP @AssociatesRoba]

🚨🚨That Habit of Police Arresting Everyone at the Scene? Court Just Ruled It Can’t Stand in a Courtroom.🙌

The Court of Appeal in Asili v Republic [2025] KECA 2010 has just shaken a belief most Kenyans treat as gospel: that if police recover stolen items anywhere near you, you must be the thief. A man who had been sentenced to death for robbery with violence walked free after the Court found that the prosecution had built the entire case on assumptions disguised as evidence. The only link between him and the crime was that he happened to be inside a house where stolen goods were recovered. That’s it.

The Court did not mince words. You don’t convict a person simply because they were standing next to stolen property. For the doctrine of recent possession to nail you, the law requires exclusive possession: that the stolen items were under your control, in your space, or traced directly to you. In Asili’s case, the house belonged to his co-accused, other fugitives had just fled, and nothing showed Asili controlled or even knew of the goods. Once those facts appeared, the entire theory collapsed. Proximity is not possession. Presence is not guilt. Suspicion is not proof.

Legally, this judgment reinforces something many people ignore until it saves their life: the doctrine of recent possession is a precision tool, not a shortcut. Courts must see clear, exclusive, unexplained possession, not chaos packaged as certainty. Investigators who arrest everyone at a crime scene and hope the courts will sort it out are violating the constitutional demand for proof beyond reasonable doubt. The Court basically reminded the State that criminal liability cannot rest on guesses or convenience.

And the message to everyone out there? Simple. If the police want to take someone’s freedom for life, they must work for it. Shared houses, crowded compounds, group raids and “everyone was there so they’re all suspects” will not survive appellate scrutiny. The justice system is not a lottery where being in the wrong room costs you your life. After Asili, possession must be proven, not presumed.

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[David @DaudiPhil]

@Beno10_MFC The faces are different

[David @DaudiPhil]

@Kenyans “If Nairobi takes over NNP, expect others to demand the same: Nakuru for Lake Nakuru/Hell’s Gate/Lake Naivasha, Nyeri–Murang’a–Nyandarua for Aberdare, Meru for Meru NP & Mt. Kenya with Laikipia, Taita Taveta for Tsavo. This opens a floodgate.”

[David @DaudiPhil]

@StandardKenya @dailynation @BD_Africa @STAR Kenyan media needs a simple revolution.
Sell each story for KES 5–10.
Let us pay only for what we read — just like a hotel menu: you only pay for what you eat.
This pay-per-story model would explode your readership new revenue stream.

[The Maniac @LouizVinnie]

@_Briankorir Super metro are doing something commendable.
Sawa in kitengela direct routes avoiding CBD
Kitengela -kikuyu via southern bypass
Kitengela - Ngong via southern bypass
Kitengela - thika via Eastern bypass
Kitengela - thika road via outer ring

[David @DaudiPhil]

@IManghaila yes

[David @DaudiPhil]

@IManghaila yes

[David @DaudiPhil]

@IManghaila Yes I am

[MARKET INSIGHTS! @IManghaila]

🥊 Even Billionaires Get Knocked Out by the Market

✅ Went in too heavy on “sure” trades → got crushed.

✅ Fought the market with ego → market humbled him.

✅ Sold winners too early → left millions on the table.

✅ Underperformed for years → didn’t adapt fast enough.

Lesson:
Your survival doesn’t come from never being wrong.
It comes from admitting fast & adapting faster.

[David @DaudiPhil]

@IManghaila Always great full.
Thank you.

[David @DaudiPhil]

@johnnjenga It's clear that the judge's kindness and humanity had a profound impact on many people, even from a distance. A truly honorable person leaves a lasting legacy, and it's a testament to his character that so many remember him so fondly. My deepest condolences to the family.

[David @DaudiPhil]

@NdindiNyoro They said you were diverting funds to Kiharu, but you've proven that it's not the position one holds that matters — it's the purpose with which one serves.
Congratulations, Mheshimiwa Nyoro.

[David @DaudiPhil]

@MwangoCapital @kachwanya They’re just mainstreaming the hourly and daily daylight robbery of our data. This time-based data plan is the biggest heist in the history of mobile charges.

[David @DaudiPhil]

@unsulliedwarior There are genuine gold traders, and then there are those melting Tricircle padlocks in Kilimani. Every business with high cash flow attracts both legitimate traders and scammers — same goes for buroti maguta maguta and the motor car industry. That's just how it is.

[David @DaudiPhil]

@Kibet_bull Heartbreaking.
Was it the mother or father?
Whoever did this deserves jail and reform.

This poor child now bears lifelong physical and emotional scars.

Lord God, heal him. Restore his body and soul from the trauma caused by those meant to protect him.

😢

[David @DaudiPhil]

@Dr_Kingori That was smart of the "semi illiterate billionaires".
Wash wash guys of today have nothing on them. 😂

[David @DaudiPhil]

@IManghaila Yes

[David @DaudiPhil]

@IManghaila Received. Thank you

[David @DaudiPhil]

@IManghaila Yes