Environment & Land Court judgments

Ndungu v Kanja & another (Environment & Land Case 14 & 743A of 2017 (Consolidated)) [2023] KEELC 19023 (KLR) (24 July 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The court finds in favor of the plaintiff in both consolidated suits, ruling that she is the legitimate owner of the land.

[2023] KEELC 19023 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 24 July 2023

Ali v Nomad Resort Limited (Environment & Land Case E022 of 2023) [2023] KEELC 18999 (KLR) (24 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The application for temporary injunction is allowed.

[2023] KEELC 18999 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 24 July 2023

Trustees of Kwa Mutu Pentecostal Evangelistic Fellowship of Africa alias Pefa Church v Muthini (Environment & Land Case 242 of 2010) [2023] KEELC 19078 (KLR) (24 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court dismissed the application and marked the Defendant's case as closed, emphasizing that the Defendant had been given many chances to comply.

[2023] KEELC 19078 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 24 July 2023

Solomon v Ogalo & 3 others (Environment & Land Case 041 of 2016) [2023] KEELC 19018 (KLR) (24 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The Plaintiff has not demonstrated reasons for the grant of the orders for stay of execution pending appeal.

[2023] KEELC 19018 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 24 July 2023

Muoka v Omenke & another (Environment & Land Case E005 of 2023) [2023] KEELC 19161 (KLR) (24 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The application for a temporary injunction and mandatory order is granted against the 1st and 2nd Defendants.

[2023] KEELC 19161 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 24 July 2023

London Distillers (K) Limited v National Environment Management Authority & 2 others (Environment and Land Appeal E010 & E011 of 2022 (Consolidated)) [2023] KEELC 19076 (KLR) (24 July 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The court held that an ambient air quality study was not required in the mixed-use zone as the 2nd respondent's project was for residential use and exempted from the study under Regulation 4 of the Air Quality Regulations.

[2023] KEELC 19076 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 24 July 2023

Otieno & 2 others v Obuya (Environment and Land Appeal 13 of 2022) [2023] KEELC 19037 (KLR) (24 July 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The appeal is unmerited and dismissed with no orders as to costs

[2023] KEELC 19037 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 24 July 2023

Kisyula & 2 others (Suing as legal representatives of Katani Community SHG) v Nyakundi & 11 others (Environment & Land Case 462 of 2017) [2023] KEELC 19240 (KLR) (24 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The Notice of Motion dated June 23, 2023 is dismissed with costs to the 4th and 6th Defendants

[2023] KEELC 19240 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 24 July 2023

Mwania v Munyao & 3 others (Environment & Land Case 230 of 2017) [2023] KEELC 19082 (KLR) (24 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court dismisses the application, finding the defendants deliberately failed to attend court, denying the plaintiff the fruits of her judgment.

[2023] KEELC 19082 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 24 July 2023

Mbeneka v Kioko & another (Environment and Land Appeal E014 of 2023) [2023] KEELC 19243 (KLR) (24 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The Appellant has demonstrated that she stands to suffer substantial loss if the orders sought are not granted.

[2023] KEELC 19243 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 24 July 2023

Karungu & 2 others v Ng’anga (Environment & Land Case 649 of 2011) [2023] KEELC 19213 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The application is dismissed with costs.

[2023] KEELC 19213 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Onyango (Suing as personal representative of Roman Onyango Onyuma) v Onyango & 3 others (Environment & Land Case 12 of 2018) [2023] KEELC 18933 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The suit is dismissed for being statute barred. The plaintiff is ordered to meet the costs of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th defendants.

[2023] KEELC 18933 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Waqooy Merchants Limited v Nairobi City County & another (Environment & Land Case E201 of 2023) [2023] KEELC 19214 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The application is struck out with costs as it was not a judicial review and leave to seek judicial review was not required.

[2023] KEELC 19214 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Kamwere (Suing as administrator of the Estate of John Kamwere Gichuhi – Deceased) & another v Nderitu (Environment & Land Case 19 of 2018) [2023] KEELC 19170 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court finds that the firm of Wachakana & Co Advocates is not properly on record for the Plaintiffs.

[2023] KEELC 19170 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Ohas & another v Gachagua & 5 others (Environment & Land Case E019 of 2021) [2023] KEELC 18939 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ I find merit in the preliminary objection that reinstatement of a withdrawn suit does not lie in law.

[2023] KEELC 18939 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Electro Air Systems Limited v Kundalia & another (Civil Appeal E034 of 2021) [2023] KEELC 18886 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The appeal is dismissed with costs to the Respondent.

[2023] KEELC 18886 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Momanyi v Misoga (Environment and Land Appeal E073 of 2022) [2023] KEELC 18942 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The application is allowed, and the applicant is ordered to bear the costs

[2023] KEELC 18942 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Shah & another v Wambugu (Sued as Administrator of the Estate of the Late Jacob Juma) & 2 others; Chelogoi (Interested Party) (Environment & Land Case 312 of 2009) [2023] KEELC 19052 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The application to be joined as an interested party is merited. The proposed interested party is enjoined. The application to set aside the judgment is dismissed. The application to strike out the application for joinder is upheld.

[2023] KEELC 19052 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Mohamed v Ogero & another (Environment & Land Case E337 of 2022) [2023] KEELC 18888 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court finds merit in the application and allows it, ordering the 1st respondent to appear before the court for showing cause and sentencing.

[2023] KEELC 18888 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Warui & 12 others v Nduhiu & 3 others (Environment & Land Case E011 of 2021) [2023] KEELC 18968 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court granted leave to prosecute a derivative action on behalf of the company.

[2023] KEELC 18968 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Waweru v Attorney General & 2 others (Environment & Land Case 106 of 2017) [2023] KEELC 18960 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Judgment)

✦ The court found that there was no official documentation to show the terms and conditions of the alleged exchange and that the allocation was not formalized. The court also found that the sub-division and reallocation of Plot No 3 was not illegal or fraudulent.

[2023] KEELC 18960 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Muhari v Gakure (Legal Representative of the Late Geoffrey Gakure Kabaki) & 2 others (Environment & Land Case E013 of 2022) [2023] KEELC 18963 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court finds no prima facie case for the grant of an interim injunction and denies the Plaintiff's request for an order compelling the 3rd Defendant to issue an extract of title.

[2023] KEELC 18963 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Kasome & 873 others v Njiru Ajria Development (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons 607 of 2013) [2023] KEELC 19053 (KLR) (20 July 2023) (Ruling)

✦ The court dismisses the application for substitution and grants the plaintiff an opportunity to prosecute the matter.

[2023] KEELC 19053 (KLR) Environment & Land Court 20 July 2023

Nthurima & 2 others v Mwangi & another (Environment and Land Appeal E024 of 2023) [2023] KEELC 18898 (KLR) (19 July 2023) (Ruling)