Kenyan case law

Republic v District Adjudication & Settlement Officer Tigania East; M’raku (Exparte Applicant); M’rimbere & another (Interested Parties) (Judicial Review E012 of 2022) [2023] KEELC 19852 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The application is dismissed as having no merit.

Rikuru v M’Rikuru (Environment and Land Case Civil Suit E008 of 2022) [2023] KEELC 19850 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court declines to grant the plaintiff's prayer for the court to re-write the consent order and directs the OCS Meru Police Station to provide security for the surveyor's work.

Shah v Mbugua & 32 others (Environment & Land Case 215B of 2018) [2023] KEELC 19836 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The application is dismissed. The defendants' claims of adverse possession and service issues are not valid as the previous judgments are res judicata.

Mungania v Centenary Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (Environment and Land Appeal E036 of 2023) [2023] KEELC 19912 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The application is dismissed with costs

Kiungua v Deputy County Commissioner Mbooni East & 2 others; Kimilu (Interested Party) (Judicial Review Application 1 of 2023) [2023] KEELC 20030 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The court has no power to extend time to file judicial review proceedings.

Vihiga Farmers Company Ltd & another v African Israel Church (Through Zachel Shidode, Renal Alodi & Francis Ajega) & another (Environment & Land Case 242 of 2013) [2023] KEELC 19846 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ Application dismissed with costs

Resilient Investment Limited v Presbyterian Foundation (Environment & Land Case 24 of 2020) [2023] KEELC 19829 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The application is dismissed.

Kiboi v Kenya National Highway Authority & another (Environment & Land Case 59 of 2019) [2023] KEELC 19930 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ Order the 2nd respondent to produce the entire 303-page contract document within 30 days

Salim & another v Dina Management Limited & 6 others (Environment & Land Petition 30 of 2011 & Environment & Land Case 153 of 2010 (Consolidated)) [2023] KEELC 19838 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

Mugure & another v Kimathi & 4 others (Environment and Land Appeal E051 of 2020) [2023] KEELC 19868 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court should exercise its discretion in favor of the appellants and set aside the orders dismissing the appeal, as the non-attendance was not deliberate and the interests of justice are served by allowing the appeal.

Bor (Suing as the legal representative and administrator of the Estate of Philip Kibor (Deceased) v Kipsingok & 3 others (Environment & Land Case E008 of 2023) [2023] KEELC 19849 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court lacks jurisdiction to hear and determine the suit and the application is struck out with costs to the Respondents.

Nyagaka v Mogire (Civil Suit 2 of 2021) [2023] KEELC 19954 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The court finds that the plaintiff has acquired the land by adverse possession and orders the defendant to transfer the portion of land to the plaintiff within 90 days.

Ng’ati Farmers Co-operative Society v Attorney General & 7 others; Wachira & 126 others (Interested Party); Gitundu & 68 others (Applicant) (Environment and Land Case Judicial Review Application E004 of 2021) [2023] KEELC 19875 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The applicants are joined as interested parties to the suit

Mukami v Mwongo; Muthamia (Interested Party) (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons 48 of 2013) [2023] KEELC 19865 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court does not find merit in the application for joinder and rejects it.

Nyakagwa & 6 others v Nyasiongo Tea Factory & 6 others (Environment & Land Case E007 of 2023) [2023] KEELC 20188 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The Notice of Motion Application dated April 20, 2023, is dismissed. The Interim Orders issued on April 20, 2023, are set aside.

Njagi v Mwangi & another (Environment & Land Case E410 of 2022) [2023] KEELC 19830 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The plaintiff's application is dismissed without granting the injunction sought.

Maliachi v Nangoli (Environment & Land Case 63 of 2019) [2023] KEELC 19869 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The plaintiff has failed to establish adverse possession and the reliefs sought cannot issue.

Meru Cultural Center & 17 others v Kisima Farm Limited & 24 others (Constitutional Petition E006 of 2022) [2023] KEELC 19863 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court should not defer jurisdiction to the National Land Commission and the petition is pleaded with reasonable precision.

Tallam v Rotich & another (Suing as the Administrator of the Estate of David Rotich –Deceased) & another (Environment and Land Appeal E044 of 2022) [2023] KEELC 19859 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court dismissed the application for stay of the dismissal order as it was an abuse of process.

Muriuki v Mbobua & another (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons 34 of 2020) [2023] KEELC 19927 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The suit is dismissed with no order as to costs.

Muasya v Nywoki & 2 others (Environment and Land Appeal 59 of 2018) [2023] KEELC 20019 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The court found that the respondents entered the suit property before 1996 and that there was an arrangement between the appellant and the deceased, creating a constructive trust for the deceased's family.

Wasike & 2 others v Attorney General & 2 others (Environment & Land Petition E001 of 2020) [2023] KEELC 19858 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Judgment)

✦ No merit in the petitioners' case, and the reliefs sought cannot issue

Kiamba v Kimanthi & another (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application 13B of 2014) [2023] KEELC 20021 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court held that the Taxing Officer properly exercised her discretion in assessing instruction fees, as the value of the subject matter was not ascertainable from the pleadings and the court upheld the Taxing Officer's decision.

Mutiri alias Remus Banu Muturi alias Remus Banu Muthuuri v Itirikia (Petition 15 of 2013) [2023] KEELC 19866 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The petition is not a constitutional issue but a private law claim.

Mulwa & 2 others v Fundi & 2 others; Muthoka & 2 others (Interested Parties) (Environment & Land Case 74 of 2009) [2023] KEELC 20018 (KLR) (20 September 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The application is dismissed as the proposed interested parties do not have an identifiable stake in the suit.