Kenyan case law
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CM Advocates LLP v Cole & Moikobu (Sued as the Administrators of the Estate of Josephine Eleanor Moikobu) & 3 others (Land Case (Originating Summons) E009 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6583 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court declines jurisdiction over the matter and upholds the Preliminary Objection.
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Kitsao v Baya & 3 others (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case E006 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6532 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court issued eviction orders as against the respondents from the parcel of land known as Plot Mapotea Group Ranch.
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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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Macharia & 3 others v County Government of Kajiado (Environment and Land Case 624 of 2017) [2025] KEELC 6708 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Plaintiffs have not met the threshold for review and the court's judgment is not subject to review.
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Yaa & another v National Land Commission & 4 others; Chogo (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Case 151 of 2016 & 180 of 2017 (Consolidated)) [2025] KEELC 6495 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed in its entirety. The applicant lacks the requisite locus standi to pursue the remaining prayers.
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Ayado (Suing on her own Behalf as Married Woman and as the Administrator of the Estate of Ndege Jowi - Deceased) v Wangwe & another (Environment and Land Case 002 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 6671 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court dismissed the 2nd defendant/applicant's applications with no order as to costs and found the order to be negative in nature, thus not capable of being stayed.
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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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Kimani v Murei (Environment and Land Appeal E079 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6557 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal is allowed, and the trial magistrate’s judgment is set aside.
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Nduma (Suing as the Legal Representative of the Estate of the Late Nduma Maruti) v Thagari & another (Environment and Land Case 157 of 2017) [2025] KEELC 6568 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The prohibitory orders registered against the suit land should be removed
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Ogoncho (Suing on Behalf of the Estate of the Late Samuel Ogoncho Mogaka (Deceased)) v Solian & 3 others (Environment and Land Appeal E031 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6447 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court finds that there is a competent appeal before it and that the Appellant did not prove his case before the trial court.
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Agricultural Finance Corporation v Oruma (Environment and Land Appeal E004 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 6510 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the appeal and the judgment of the subordinate court is set aside.
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Mwaura v Kogi & 3 others (Environment and Land Appeal E147 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6668 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court found that the appellant has not established title to the suit lands and that the court should not lift the corporate veil of the 2nd Respondent.
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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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Ikileng v Shihani (Environment and Land Case E009 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 6560 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court dismissed Ikileng's suit and ordered costs to the defendant.
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Meenye & Kirima Advocates v Gathoni Limited; Kiburu Enterprises Limited & 2 others (Purchasers) (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case 39 of 2016) [2025] KEELC 6549 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court orders the reinstatement of the suit and sets aside and amends the consent dated 4th April 2024.
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Makoffu & another v Canuck Holdings Limited & 4 others (Environment and Land Case 231 of 2018) [2025] KEELC 6545 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court dismisses the application as non-compliant with Order 9 Rule 9 of the Civil Procedure Rules.
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Musyimi v Simu t/a Jacktone Stores (Environment and Land Appeal E070 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6687 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed with costs, as the Appellant has not demonstrated substantial loss.
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Kaleiya (Suing as Legal Representative and Beneficiary of the Estate of the late Kaleiya Tumpes – and Lesoi Kaleiya Tumpes) v Kaleiya & another; Namadi (Intended Interested Party) (Environment and Land Judicial Review Case E003 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 6672 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court will not set aside the ex parte judgment and decree as the Applicants did not establish that they were never served with pleadings and that they only became aware of the judgment belatedly.
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Mulinge & another (Suing as the Administrator of the Estate of Sadique Makewa - Deceased) v Nthiwa & 3 others; Muthama (Intended Interested Party) (Environment and Land Case 256 of 2017) [2025] KEELC 6928 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court held that the Plaintiffs are entitled to a declaration that the Defendants are trespassers on the suit properties and an injunction to restrain the Defendants from interfering with the suit properties.
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Kimani v Kimani & 5 others (Land Case E003 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 6609 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Applicant's suit is not based on the doctrine of adverse possession. The Court does not have jurisdiction to determine the dispute as it has been previously decided by two other courts.
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Krygoski Mining Limited & another v Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs & 2 others (Environment and Land Petition E037 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6482 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court is satisfied that the Respondents' Preliminary Objection cannot be sustained as it raises a pure point of law and does not require disputed facts to be ascertained.
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Mwagambo (Suing for and on Behalf of the Estate of Chilango Mwagambo Mwakiti - Deceased) v Haro & another (Environment and Land Appeal E001 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6485 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal is partly successful, with the award of Kshs. 7,500 and Kshs. 500 per day from 26/10/2021 set aside, and the remainder of the judgment and orders upheld.
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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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Gitau v Ng’ang’a & 2 others (Environment and Land Case 291 of 2013) [2025] KEELC 6483 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court dismissed the Plaintifier’s Notice of Motion Application and granted the Defendants’ Notice of Motion Application.
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Kusimba (Suing on Her Behalf and Behalf of the Estate of Nehemia Kusimba Omeri) v Okula (Sued on Behalf of the Estate of Isaac Clement Okula Omeri) (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons E033 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6581 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Defendant's Preliminary Objection is dismissed with costs, and the Defendant is ordered to file a response within 14 days.