Kenyan case law

Baya & 2 others v Nazerali & 6 others (Civil Appeal E106 of 2022) [2025] KECA 1081 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The appeal is dismissed with costs.

Mbugua & 85 others v Ministry of Lands & 59 others (Civil Application E096 of 2023) [2025] KECA 1134 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application is dismissed with costs to the 4th to 60th respondents.

Timber Manufacturers and Dealers Limited v Mbugua & 3 others (Administrators of the Estate of the Late Joseph Kiarie Mbugua) (Civil Application E054 of 2025) [2025] KECA 1116 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court orders a stay of execution of the judgment and consequential decree and issues an injunction restraining the respondents from interfering with the applicant's quiet enjoyment of the property.

Osembe v Kipkai Enterprises Limited (Civil Appeal 499 of 2019) [2025] KECA 1126 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The appeal is dismissed with costs to the respondent

Baharini Consultants Limited v Kaylist Services Limited & another (Civil Application E131 of 2024) [2025] KECA 1140 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The applicant's appeal is allowed, and an injunction is granted.

Patel & another v Mbaria & 6 others (Civil Application E634 of 2024) [2025] KECA 1118 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application for stay is dismissed with costs, and the impugned ruling is upheld.

Kirui v Ramadhan (Civil Appeal E422 of 2020) [2025] KECA 1158 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The appeal has no merit and is dismissed in its entirety.

Akothe v Busolo (Civil Appeal E071 of 2022) [2025] KECA 1139 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Judgment)

Onyango v Republic (Criminal Appeal E147 of 2023) [2025] KECA 1165 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The appeal is dismissed in entirety.

Supernova Properties Limited v Kenya Ports Authority & 2 others (Civil Appeal (Application) E004 of 2023) [2025] KECA 1083 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court of Appeal ruled that the 1st respondent had no automatic right of appeal against the impugned ruling absent leave of the superior court.

Towett & another v Chelagat & 3 others (Civil Appeal (Application) E191 of 2024) [2025] KECA 1078 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application for extension of time to serve the Record of Appeal is allowed, and the 2nd and 3rd respondents are deemed to have been duly served.

Isaac’s Investment Co Ltd v Archipoint Consulting Architects (Civil Application E797 of 2024) [2025] KECA 1117 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application is struck out with costs to the respondent as there is no proper application before the Court pursuant to which it can validly grant the reliefs and remedies sought by the applicant.

Joseph v Soy & another (Civil Application E499 of 2024) [2025] KECA 1115 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application for stay of proceedings is dismissed with costs.

Kenya National Examination Council v Republic & 4 others (Civil Appeal 500 of 2019) [2025] KECA 1153 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Judgment)

Kenya Hospitals Association t/a Nairobi Hospital v Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union & another (Civil Appeal (Application) E505 of 2024) [2025] KECA 1133 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application for stay of execution is dismissed with costs to the 1st respondent.

Mbogoh v Chironda (Civil Application E012 of 2024) [2025] KECA 1098 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application is unmeritorious and is hereby dismissed with costs to the respondent.

Apidi v Mutinda & 5 others (Civil Appeal 570 of 2019) [2025] KECA 1121 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The High Court at Machakos dismissed the appellant's defamation claim.

Murathe v Rural Electrification Authority (Civil Application E043 of 2025) [2025] KECA 1101 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application is allowed, and the applicant will bear the cost of this application.

Nduta v Republic (Criminal Appeal E145 of 2023) [2025] KECA 1157 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The mandatory sentence of 20 years imprisonment is upheld.

Kenya Revenue Authority & another v Ali (Civil Application E107 of 2024) [2025] KECA 1080 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court finds that the applicants have met the requisite threshold for granting conservatory orders under rule 5(2) (b) and allows the application.

Waithaka v Republic (Criminal Appeal 49 of 2019) [2025] KECA 1084 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The appeal is dismissed on both conviction and sentence. The grounds of appeal have no merit.

International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) v Mcnally & another (Civil Appeal (Application) 165 of 2020) [2025] KECA 1123 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court struck out the Supplementary Record of Appeal as it was filed outside the prescribed 15-day window without the leave of Court.

Kirui v Republic (Criminal Appeal 50 of 2019) [2025] KECA 1086 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The appeal against the conviction is dismissed, and the conviction is affirmed. The appeal against the sentence is also dismissed, and the sentence is upheld.

Giathi v Mwiriki (Civil Application E042 of 2025) [2025] KECA 1077 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application is dismissed with costs to the respondent.

Titus Otieno Koceyo t/a Koceyo & Company Advocates v Beloilco Holdings Limited (Civil Appeal E036 of 2022) [2025] KECA 1097 (KLR) (20 June 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The instruction fees were increased from Kshs.3,000,000 to Kshs.3,000,000 with VAT, and the single Judge's discretion in matters of taxation was affirmed.