Kenyan case law
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Mohamed & 8 others v Kajoji & 8 others (Civil Application E027 of 2025) [2025] KECA 2218 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The applicants have not established that the intended appeal will be rendered nugatory, and the notice of motion dated 4th April 2025 lacks merit.
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Nyakundi v Kenya Airways Limited (Civil Appeal (Application) E863 of 2022) [2025] KECA 2256 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court grants leave to the appellant to amend his Memorandum of Appeal in terms of the proposed draft.
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Blue Valley Enterprises Limited v Board of Governors Ruthagati High School (Civil Appeal 48 of 2019) [2025] KECA 2232 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal has no merit and is dismissed with costs to the respondent.
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Multichoice Kenya Limited v Inspector General of Police & 8 others (Civil Application E230 of 2025) [2025] KECA 2262 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The motion is allowed, and the applicant is ordered to proceed to file the application for certification within 30 days from the date of this ruling.
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Chaka v Republic (Criminal Appeal E033 of 2023) [2025] KECA 2222 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal against conviction fails and is hereby dismissed. The appeal against sentence partially succeeds, and the period of imprisonment of 45 years shall take account of the time spent in remand custody.
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Wakora v Republic (Criminal Appeal E055 of 2021) [2025] KECA 2305 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The death sentence is quashed and the sentence is reduced to 15 years
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Titus Makhanu & Associates Advocates v Hall Equatorial Limited (Civil Application E247 of 2025) [2025] KECA 2264 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The applicant's appeal is arguable and the ruling is rendered nugatory if the appeal succeeds. The application for stay of proceedings is allowed.
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Wangechi v Republic (Criminal Application E091 of 2024) [2025] KECA 2240 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed as the applicant has not followed the mandatory steps to appeal as prescribed by the Court's Rules.
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Ndinwa v Republic (Criminal Appeal 34 of 2013) [2025] KECA 2239 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The death sentence is set aside, and the appellant is sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment.
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Capital Group Limited v Ngenya (Civil Appeal (Application) E179 of 2022) [2025] KECA 2320 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed with costs to the respondent.
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Areri v Gwako & another (Civil Appeal 22 of 2020) [2025] KECA 2300 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ We find no merit in the appeal and dismiss it with no order as to costs.
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Helbling v Masha & another (Civil Appeal E049 of 2022) [2025] KECA 2250 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court held that the sale of the suit property from the 1st Respondent to the Appellant was void ab initio, and the Appellant was not the lawful owner of the suit property.
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Kenga & 12 others v Mohamed (Civil Appeal E052 of 2022) [2025] KECA 2219 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ We decline the invitation to entertain a matter that was neither pleaded nor canvassed at the trial stage.
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Feast Foods Processors Limited v Kenya Development Corporation Limited & another (Civil Application E248 of 2025) [2025] KECA 2263 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court allowed the application for extension of time to file the Notice of Appeal, but the applicant was required to file the appeal within 30 days from the date of the ruling.
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Ochieng v Republic (Criminal Appeal 115 of 2018) [2025] KECA 2290 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The death sentence is set aside and replaced with a 20-year imprisonment sentence.
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Marwa & another v Republic (Criminal Appeal 239 of 2018) [2025] KECA 2297 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal succeeds, and the sentences will take into account the period from their arraignment in court until sometimes in November 2016, when they were each respectively released on bail.
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Karanja v Wamai aka Wamae; Registrar of Lands, Nyeri County & another (Interested Parties) (Civil Appeal E137 of 2022) [2025] KECA 2236 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal is dismissed with costs, as the ELC did not err in finding the application res judicata.
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Matanda v Republic (Criminal Application E120 of 2024) [2025] KECA 2325 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed for lack of merit as there are no grounds to favourably exercise the court's discretion.
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Maghanga & another v Republic (Criminal Appeal E043 & E044 of 2024 (Consolidated)) [2025] KECA 2237 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeals are dismissed in their entirety. The sentence imposed by the High Court is found to be illegal and is reinstated.
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Gathungu (Suing as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Newton Gathungu Kibuchi) v Embakasi Ranching Company Limited & 3 others (Civil Appeal (Application) E689 of 2025) [2025] KECA 2321 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed with costs to the respondents
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Otiende & 5 others v Dache & 4 others (Civil Appeal E054 of 2025) [2025] KECA 2275 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal is dismissed with costs to the 1st respondent
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Juma (Administrator of the Estate of the Late Khamis Juma) v Omar (Civil Application E064 of 2025) [2025] KECA 2234 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed with costs to the respondent
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Ndegwa & another v Khaemba & 3 others (Civil Appeal (Application) E093 of 2023) [2025] KECA 2322 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is allowed and the time for filing an application to strike out the appeal is extended by 14 days from the date of this ruling.
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Kirui v Republic (Criminal Appeal E019 of 2021) [2025] KECA 2274 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The sentence imposed by the trial court was the statutory minimum and is affirmed. The sentence shall be computed from 20th November 2017.
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Kahia Transporters Limited & another v Dopp Investments Limited & 7 others (Civil Appeal E045 of 2025) [2025] KECA 2226 (KLR) (19 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court of Appeal dismissed the appellants' counterclaim and upheld the 1st respondent's suit.