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Okeyo v KCB Bank Kenya Limited (Cause E071 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3584 (KLR) (11 December 2025) (Ruling)

[2025] KEELRC 3584 (KLR) Employment & Labour Relations Court
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Court
Employment & Labour Relations Court
Case number
3584
Citation
[2025] KEELRC 3584 (KLR)
Decided
11 December 2025
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TypeInjunction ApplicationPostureRespondent's Motion for InjunctionCoramJK GAKERI, Mbaru, Ndolo
The court granted the injunction restraining the respondent from increasing the claimant's interest rate on the unsecured loan and mortgage facility.

Facts

Claimant was a Graduate Trainee who rose to the position of Manager Service Quality and Compliance Level C at KCB Bank Kenya Limited. He took a secured personal loan and a mortgage facility during his employment. The employment was terminated on 19th March 2025, and the interest rates on the loan and mortgage were increased after the termination.

Issues

  • Whether the applicant's Notice of Motion was merited.
  • Whether the termination of employment was unfair.

Reasoning

The court found that the claimant demonstrated a prima facie case with a probability of success and that irreparable injury would be suffered if the injunction was not granted. The court balanced the convenience of both parties and granted the injunction.

Outcome

Injunction granted

Orders

  • Injunction restraining the respondent from increasing the claimant's interest rate on the unsecured loan and mortgage facility

Remedies

  • Restraint on increasing interest rates

Authorities cited

Cases cited (5)
  • Abel Salim & others V Okong’o & others [1976] KLR 42
  • Giella V Cassman Brown & Co. Ltd (supra)
  • Habib Bank AG Zurich V Eugene Marion Yakob CA No. 43 of 1982
  • Nguruman Ltd V Jan Bonde Nielsen (supra)
  • Alkman V Muchoki [1984] KLR 353
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