Kenyan case law
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Cavenagh v Horsey & 2 others (Civil Application E028 of 2024) [2025] KECA 702 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application for an injunction pending appeal is allowed.
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Akuma (As Administrator of Teresa Ombeo (Deceased)) v Araka & another (Civil Application E146 of 2024) [2025] KECA 709 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application has merit and is hereby allowed. The applicant is granted leave to appeal out of time.
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Wanyama v Lyani & another (Civil Application 163 of 2020) [2025] KECA 715 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ Leave to amend the memorandum of appeal is granted, and the amended memorandum is deemed filed and served on the respondents.
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Vicky (Suing as the Legal Representative and Administrator of the Estate of Mathew Kipruto Murgor) & 2 others v Ronoh & 3 others; Murgor & 6 others (Interested Parties) (Civil Application E030, E031 & E035 of 2024 (Consolidated)) [2025] KECA 703 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The appeals are dismissed as the applicants lack locus standi and the intended appeal would not be nugatory.
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Wafula v Maru (Civil Application E001 of 2024) [2025] KECA 700 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The applicant's notice of motion dated 24th October 2024 is hereby dismissed with costs to the respondent.
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MO v Republic (Criminal Appeal 57 of 2020) [2025] KECA 716 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The conviction and sentence are upheld. The mandatory minimum sentence is valid.
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Odungi v Republic (Criminal Appeal 320 of 2019) [2025] KECA 717 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The prosecution established the elements of delement beyond any reasonable doubt
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Imbisi v Akhura & 2 others (Civil Appeal (Application) E248 of 2024) [2025] KECA 719 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed with costs to the 1st respondent
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Green Pastures Farm v Ngweso (Civil Application E143 of 2024) [2025] KECA 720 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is allowed, and the applicant is granted an extension of time to file and serve the notice and record of appeal within 14 days of the ruling.
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Ndakwa v Republic (Criminal Application E112 of 2024) [2025] KECA 723 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application for release on bail pending appeal is not merited.
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Kuria v Republic (Criminal Application E111 of 2024) [2025] KECA 711 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application for bail pending appeal is dismissed.
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Ogulo v Republic (Criminal Appeal 5 of 2020) [2025] KECA 706 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal against sentence is allowed. The life imprisonment sentence imposed by the first appellate court is set aside, and substituted with a 20-year imprisonment sentence.
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Onyango v Republic (Criminal Appeal (Application) E142 of 2024) [2025] KECA 721 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is allowed, and the applicant is granted extension of time to file and serve the notice of appeal out of time within 14 days of the ruling, and to file the record of appeal within 30 days upon service of the Notice of Appeal.
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Chesire v County Government of Uasin Gishu (Civil Application E045 of 2023) [2025] KECA 701 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court dismissed the applicant's reference, finding no merit in the appeal and no basis for interference with the single judge's decision.
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Pande & another (Suing as the Legal Representatives of the Estate of Aboma Otieno (Deceased)) v Karia & 4 others (Civil Appeal 110 of 2020) [2025] KECA 741 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal must fail in its entirety and is accordingly dismissed with costs to the two respondents.
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Kirira v Deputy Registrar High Court Nyeri & 4 others (Civil Appeal (Application) 128 of 2020) [2025] KECA 953 (KLR) (11 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is allowed with costs, and the notice of appeal and record of appeal are struck out.
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Ondari v National Hospital Insurance Fund (Civil Appeal 83 of 2019) [2025] KECA 687 (KLR) (11 April 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court dismisses the appeal, finding that the termination was lawful and fair, and the processes leading to the termination were fair.
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Mombasa Water Products Ltd v Kenya National Highways Authority (Civil Appeal E056 of 2023) [2025] KECA 663 (KLR) (11 April 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal is allowed, and the petition is remitted for hearing and determination at the High Court in Mombasa.
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Wangora v Njoroge (Civil Application E635 of 2024) [2025] KECA 668 (KLR) (11 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court will allow the applicant to file and serve her record of appeal within 30 days of the judgment.
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Muchai v Muchai & another (Civil Appeal (Application) 279 of 2019) [2025] KECA 667 (KLR) (11 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The reference has no merit and is dismissed with costs
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Masinde & another v Betting Control Licensing Board & 5 others; Ndungu (Proposed Interested Party) (Civil Application E351 of 2022) [2025] KECA 685 (KLR) (11 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court declines the applicant's prayer for joinder in the proceedings before this Court.
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Kenya Literature Bureau v Kerubo & another (Civil Application E683 of 2024) [2025] KECA 669 (KLR) (11 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed as the applicant has not established how the intended appeal will be rendered nugatory.
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Macharia & 6 others v Directline Assurance Co. Ltd & 5 others (Civil Application E624 of 2024) [2025] KECA 697 (KLR) (11 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court of Appeal ordered a stay of execution of the High Court's orders pending the appeal.
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Safaricom Plc v Kinetic Controls Limited (Civil Application E532 of 2024) [2025] KECA 683 (KLR) (11 April 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court directs that the Registrar lists the application before a full bench of the Court for hearing and determination. There shall be no order as to costs.
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Principal Secretary/Accounting Officer Ministry of Defence & another v Public Procurement Administrative Review Board & another; Ministry of Gender, Culture, the Arts & Heritage (Interested Party) (Civil Appeal 198 of 2025) [2025] KECA 666 (KLR) (11 April 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal is dismissed with costs to the 2nd respondent only, as the appellants' action was time barred and the decision to strike out the application is sound in law.