Kenyan case law
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Tuwei & 2 others v Tanui & 2 others (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E024 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6700 (KLR) (1 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is marked as discontinued without costs.
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Kimemia & another v Bulemi & 26 others (Environment and Land Case E007 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 6836 (KLR) (1 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is allowed, and the ex parte order made on 4th March 2025 is set aside. The defendants are granted leave to defend the suit and the case shall start de novo.
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Koech v Mutai (Environment and Land Appeal E011 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6564 (KLR) (1 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The trial court erred in law and fact by declining to set aside the ex parte judgment and by not allowing the appellant to present his draft defense.
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Agalo v County Government of Trans Nzoia & 9 others (Environment and Land Case 35 of 2017) [2025] KEELC 6733 (KLR) (1 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed with no order as to costs.
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Kenya Breweries Limited v County Government of Mombasa & 11 others (Environment and Land Case 46 of 1996) [2025] KEELC 6538 (KLR) (1 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court found that the plaintiff has locus standi and the suit is not statute time-barred or res judicata. The suit property was not available for re-planning and subdivision without the plaintiff's consent. The 1st defendant could not legally and lawfully proceed with the re-planning and subdivision without approval from the 10th and 11th defendants. The plaintiff is entitled to exemplary, aggravated, and special damages.
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Bosire v County Secretary Nyamira County & 3 others (Environment and Land Judicial Review Case E004 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6536 (KLR) (1 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ An order of mandamus is issued compelling the respondents to pay the decretal sum and party and party costs, and the applicant is awarded costs of the case.
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Wamae & 2 others v Kamau (Miscellaneous Application E023 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6576 (KLR) (1 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court upholds the taxation of the Respondent's bill of costs except for items 5 and 9, which are drawing and filing notice of motion applications taxed at KES.5,000.
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Yego & 3 others v County Government of Nandi (Environment and Land Case E011 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6656 (KLR) (1 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application for temporary injunction is withdrawn with costs to the defendant.
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County Government of Trans-Nzoia v Wanyonyi & 53 others (Environment and Land Case E035 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6618 (KLR) (1 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court grants a temporary injunction to last for one year only, restraining the respondents from logging, destroying natural flora, subdividing, fencing, and erecting illegal structures on the suit land.
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Tavares v Charo & 2 others (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons 19 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 6527 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court held that the registration of the suit land in the name of the first defendant and the issuance of title in his name were not illegally procured through fraud and misrepresentation and thus not liable to be canceled.
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Nguku v Gachuru (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case E009 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6611 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The motion is dismissed with costs.
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Nguchita v Waweru & 2 others (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons E004 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6590 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ A temporary injunction restraining the Respondent from interfering with the Plaintiff's ownership of the land is granted.
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Cheruiyot v Maiyo & 2 others (Environment and Land Case E006 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6582 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The preliminary objection is dismissed with costs, and the application is allowed.
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Korir v Barmalel & 3 others (Environment and Land Case E005 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 6445 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed as it seeks to issue a 3rd party Notice to a party already in the suit by way of counter-claim and it therefore lacks merit.
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Muchene v Karungu & 5 others (Civil Appeal E042 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6546 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Appellant has not satisfied the legal requirements for the grant of stay of execution of the Judgment pending appeal.
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Thuo & another v Gikera & another (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons E003 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6591 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The preliminary objection is dismissed.
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Chengo & 3 others v Bellman (Environment and Land Case E009 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6511 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court found that the Applicants have not acquired the suit property by adverse possession and dismissed their claims.
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Kathia & another (Suing as the Administrators of the Estate of Hellen Muthoni Kathia) v Mutunga & another (Environment and Land Case 143 of 2017) [2025] KEELC 6469 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The motion is dismissed with costs.
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Mutungi & another v Kamina & another (Environment and Land Case 85B of 2006) [2025] KEELC 6768 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court found that the Defendants are not trespassers and dismissed the Plaintiffs' claim for eviction.
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Tsangari & another (Both Suing in Their Capacity as Representatives of the Members of the Mwavumbo Group Ranch) v Mwavumbo Group Ranch & 5 others; Zuma & another (Interested Parties) (Environment and Land Case 248 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 6593 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is allowed, the Notice of Withdrawal is set aside, and the interested parties are joined as third and fourth plaintiffs.
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Bachu v Chief Land Registrar Kajiado; Nyamweya & 2 others (Interested Parties) (Environment and Land Judicial Review Miscellaneous Application 44 of 2018) [2025] KEELC 6548 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court finds that the applicant has not demonstrated compliance with the proper legal avenue available to the applicant, and the application is procedurally untenable.
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Golden Fields Association (Through its Members) & 36 others v County Government of Kajiado & 4 others (Constitutional Petition E001 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6595 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court orders that the Law Society of Kenya be and is hereby enjoined as an Interested Party in these proceedings and is granted leave to file and serve such documents, submissions, and materials as it may deem necessary for the just determination of this matter within twenty (21) days from the date of this ruling.
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Murage (Suing as the Administrator of the Estate of Bernard Chiori) v Land Registrar, Kilifi County & another; KCB Bank Kenya Limited (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Case E046 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 6488 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court finds that the plainti's title is valid and that the 2nd defendant's defence and counterclaim are not admissible.
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Kenya Airways Limited v Shutu; Shutu (Proposed Interested Party) (Environment and Land Case 10 of 2008) [2025] KEELC 6524 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court dismissed Rukiya Charo Shutu's application to be joined as a party to the suit and to have the judgment and orders reviewed, finding that she lacked merit and failed to establish an identifiable stake in the suit land.
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Mwangi v Gikonyo (Environment and Land Case E227 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 6714 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is not merited, and the defendant's application for stay of execution is dismissed.