Kenyan case law
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Mwangi (Suing as legal representative of Estate of Francis Mwangi Njuguna) v Mwangi & another (Land Case (Originating Summons) E020 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 645 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The motion is granted, and the 1st Defendant is restrained from dealing with the suit land until the suit is heard and determined.
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Poriot (Suing as the Legal Representative of the Estate of the Late Chepokamolot Katong’o - Deceased) & another v Atodosia (Environment and Land Case 12 of 2023) [2026] KEELC 626 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The suit parcel is held in trust and is to be subdivided into 3 equal shares and transferred to the 3 wives of the deceased within 2 months.
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Kabaka & 3 others v Ngigi & 2 others (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case E006 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 921 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Application is procedurally defective as it seeks final reliefs through a miscellaneous application.
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Gikaria t/a Anthony Gikaria & Co. Advocates v Mundia (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E006 of 2024) [2026] KEELC 766 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The application is allowed with costs to the advocate.
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Murabula (Suing as the personal representative of the Estate of Agnes Matendechere Ubulamire and on his own behalf) v Mabwabo & 3 others (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E069 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 937 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The court grants the application for extension of time, but denies the prayer for stay of execution.
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Bella Hill Management Ltd v Vipingo Development PLC (Environment and Land Case E38 of 2024) [2026] KEELC 717 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed with costs as the court lacks jurisdiction to revisit the ruling due to no error on the face of the record or discovery of new evidence.
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Njuguna v Ndegwa; Trustees, Anglican Church of Kenya (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Case 39 of 2022) [2026] KEELC 661 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The court declares that the plaintiff is the lawful owner of Title No. Waitaluk/Mabonde Block 2/Machungwa/602 and issues a permanent injunction restraining the defendant from further encroachment and trespass onto the land.
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Oburu v Ogechi (Environment and Land Case E008 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 940 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The plaintiff is entitled to 0.31 ha of the suit land by way of adverse possession. The defendant must carve out this portion and transfer it to the plaintiff. The claim for crop damage is dismissed.
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Kanyarkwat Group Ranch & 4 others v Joseph & 3 others (Environment and Land Case 38 (E034) of 2021 & 30 of 2017 (Consolidated)) [2026] KEELC 729 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The court found that the defendants' claim to the land was not valid due to the lack of proper procedures for the dissolution of the group ranch.
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Likoko v Mongare t/a Tenderwood Industries Ltd & another (Environment and Land Case E004 of 2024) [2026] KEELC 928 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The application for consolidation is declined, and the plaintiff is granted leave to file and serve further list of documents and list of witnesses within 14 days of this ruling.
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Mugaa v Maisha Housing Limited (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case E005 of 2026) [2026] KEELC 887 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The application is incompetent and incurably defective, and the Miscellaneous Application is hereby struck out in its entirety.
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Ndeda (Legal Administrator of the Estate of Peter Ondu alias Peter Okore Ondu) v Aluga & another (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case E041 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 954 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The application is allowed, and the suit is transferred from Butali Principal Magistrates Court to Kakamega Environment and Land Court.
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Mwangi v Gathogoh & 6 others (Environment and Land Appeal E107 of 2022) [2026] KEELC 750 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed as unmerited.
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Njeru v Gatuba (Environment and Land Case 39 of 2015) [2026] KEELC 934 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The Plaintiff has established adverse possession over the portion of the suit land where he has built and farmed.
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Nyamira v Araka and Araka (Sued as the legal representatives of the Estate of Benina Bosibori Araka) & another (Land Case E027 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 972 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The application for injunction is merited, and orders are issued barring the 1st defendants from dealing with the land parcel West Kitutu/Bomatara/4318 until the suit is heard and determined.
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Wanjala (Suing as the Administrator of the Estate of the Late John Makesi Wanjala) v Dodhia (Environment and Land Case 13 of 2019) [2026] KEELC 600 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The plaintiff's suit is dismissed with costs.
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Tanui v Chalia & 2 others (Environment and Land Case 46 of 2014) [2026] KEELC 662 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The court finds that an intention to create a constructive trust or resultant trust exists and allows the claim.
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Wanjala v Majani (Environment and Land Case E056 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 628 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The court finds that the applicant has not met the threshold to warrant injunction orders and maintains the status quo prevailing before the survey conducted on November 4, 2025.
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County Government of Trans Nzioa v Ekidor & 3 others (Environment and Land Case E027 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 632 (KLR) (11 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The court grants leave to amend the pleadings.
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Ndeleva v Karanja & another (Environment and Land Case 7 of 2023) [2026] KEELC 630 (KLR) (10 February 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The court finds that the two issues identified are not sufficient to resolve the dispute conclusively. The court considers other issues including whether it was necessary to particularize fraud in the Plaintiff's pleadings, whether fraud has been proved, and whether third parties should indemnify the Defendant if found liable.
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Philemon Aloo Oniala, Mike Kipkorir Kipkwet Binot Daniel Onginga Ogweno t/a Wilmade Investments v Njiru Housing Development Limited; Bondeni Maili Saba Jua Kali Association (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Case E648 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 593 (KLR) (10 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The court held that the discretion to vary or set aside an injunction should be sparingly used to avoid appearing as a tool for appeal. The injunction was obtained by concealment of facts, and the circumstances of the suit have not radically changed.
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Ngungi v Kigoro & another (Environment and Land Case 71 of 2017) [2026] KEELC 976 (KLR) (10 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Court finds the Defendants liable for environmental damage and orders them to pay compensation to the Plaintiff.
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Njeruh v Runji & another (Environment and Land Case E039 of 2021) [2026] KEELC 973 (KLR) (10 February 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The court dismisses the plaintiff's claim for adverse possession as the plaintiff failed to prove continuous and uninterrupted occupation for at least 12 years.
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Karani v Muchiti (Sued on his own behalf and as personal representative of Joseph Muchiti Shilulu) (Environment and Land Case E057 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 935 (KLR) (10 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The preliminary objection is dismissed with costs to the applicant.
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Aristocrats Concrete Limited v Concrete Construction Company Limited (Environment and Land Case E037 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 613 (KLR) (10 February 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The court orders the case to be referred to arbitration and issues a temporary injunction.