Kenya: High Court Acquits Rally Driver Maxine Wahome in Assad Khan Murder Case

What the report says

AllAfrica, carrying a Capital FM report from Nairobi, reported that Kenya’s High Court has acquitted rally driver Maxine Wahome of murdering her late boyfriend, Assad Khan. The decision, issued on 28 July 2026, ends a criminal case that the publisher said had been before the courts for more than two years.

According to the report, the court found that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions had not provided enough evidence to prove a murder charge. The judge ruled that the prosecution did not meet the criminal-law standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt, and an acquittal was entered in Wahome’s favour.

Wahome had been accused in connection with Khan’s death after he sustained serious injuries during what the report described as an alleged domestic altercation. Capital FM reported that she denied the accusations throughout the trial and maintained that she was innocent.

The ruling matters because it closes a closely watched case involving a prominent figure in Kenyan motorsport and underscores the high evidentiary burden required for a murder conviction. Based on the court outcome as reported, Wahome is cleared of criminal liability in Khan’s death because the prosecution’s case was found legally insufficient, not because the court adopted any alternative account of what happened.