Kenyan case law

Mwazama & 16 others v Fondo & 3 others (Land Case E137 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2803 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The application is granted, and the plaintiffs are ordered to ensure compliance with Order 11 of the Civil Procedure Rules and the matter is listed for pretrials on 16th June 2026.

Mugwe v Imara Capital Limited & another (Environment and Land Appeal E074 of 2024) [2026] KEELC 2787 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ This court transfers the file to the Machakos High Court

Oyuko & 2 others v Onyando (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E032 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2782 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The application for transfer is allowed, and the decision to transfer the matter shall not serve as a bar for any party to apply on the plea of res judicata.

Kenya National Highway Authority v Igainya Limited & another (Environment and Land Appeal E032 of 2024) [2026] KEELC 2771 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Judgment)

✦ The court found no error in the Tribunal's decision and upheld the award of compensation.

Langat v Rotich & 4 others (Environment and Land Appeal E066 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2774 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Judgment)

✦ The court dismissed the appeal and ordered the cancellation of the Appellant's title and payment of costs to the 1st respondent.

Osoro v Ngibuini (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons E054 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2754 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The Court opines that there is no clear demonstration that the supporting affidavit is faulty and should be struck out. The Court denies the Defendant's Preliminary Objection.

Muguna v Muguna (Environment and Land Case E038 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2980 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The application is dismissed for lack of merit.

Kithinji & 3 others v Ndumba & 58 others; County Government of Meru (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case E006 of 2026) [2026] KEELC 2868 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

Mwirigi & 33 others v Principal Secretary, Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing And Urban Development and Physical Planning & 7 others; County Government of Murang'a (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Petition E007 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2827 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The court upheld the compulsory acquisition of the land plots, finding no violation of the petitioners' constitutional rights.

Omware t/a Molo Garage v Njeri & 2 others (Suing as Administrators of the Estate of Pauline Wanjiku Ndung'u) (Environment and Land Appeal E035 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2797 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The Appeal is dismissed and the Memorandum of Appeal and Record of Appeal are struck out.

Gitura v Kariuki (Land Case Appeal E002 of 2026) [2026] KEELC 2804 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ Gitura's appeal is dismissed as he has not proved he will suffer substantial loss and the appeal was not filed without inordinate delay.

Njabai v Kenyan Macharia Karema & another (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case E072 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2769 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The applicant's applications are hereby struck out, and he is ordered to bear the costs of the 2nd respondent.

Aruwa v Esteem Energy Limited (Environment and Land Appeal E002 of 2023) [2026] KEELC 2756 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Judgment)

✦ The appeal succeeds and the Ruling and Order of the Hon. Edgar Kagoni (PM) are set aside in their entirety. The ex-parte and inter-partes orders of injunction are discharged and set aside. The Appellant's application for discharge of the injunction is allowed.

Waweru & another v Faith & Hope Properties Kenya Limited (Environment and Land Case E054 of 2022) [2026] KEELC 2767 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The court will review the established jurisprudence and the relevant legal framework for hearings and the consequences of non-attendance.

Fave Gas Oil K Ltd v Meru County & Investment Development Corporation & another (Land Case E007 of 2026) [2026] KEELC 2887 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The plaintiff's substantive claim is marked 'withdrawn'. The issue of costs shall be canvassed through affidavit evidence to be tendered and exchanged within 20 days.

M’Mutunga & 3 others v Lobo & 3 others (Environment and Planning Appeal E003 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2866 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The application is allowed, and prayer 2 is allowed pending the hearing and disposal of the appeal.

Kata v Monti t/a City Seven Investments Limited (Environment and Land Case E054 of 2024) [2026] KEELC 2821 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The previous judgment in case E011 of 2026 is res judicata and cannot be consolidated with the present suit.

Hinzano v Pink Properties Ltd & 9 others (Environment and Planning Civil Case E005 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2817 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The court determined that the present suit is not res judicata and that the plaintiff's claim is not barred by the Limitation of Actions Act.

Ongaya v Registered Trustees of Kambare Secondary School (Environment and Land Case E040 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2772 (KLR) (12 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The preliminary objection is hereby struck out with no orders.

Njoroge v Mwaura (Environment and Land Appeal E023 of 2023) [2026] KEELC 2746 (KLR) (11 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The court has no jurisdiction to hear the appeal because it is a dispute emanating from the family division of the magistrates court and appeals against the decisions of this division lie to the High Court.

Munene v M’arimi & another (Environment and Land Case E027 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2855 (KLR) (11 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The application is rejected and dismissed for lack of merit.

Kamau v Kuibita (Environment and Land Case Civil Suit 158 of 2009) [2026] KEELC 2752 (KLR) (11 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ Eviction and demolition orders are issued against the Defendant

Wangui v Kimotho & another (Environment and Land Case 99 of 2022) [2026] KEELC 2730 (KLR) (11 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The Court allows the Plaintiff's application to review the dismissal, maintain the status quo, and substitute the deceased 1st Respondent.

Kantai v Director of Survey & 6 others (Environment and Land Petition E002 of 2023) [2026] KEELC 2763 (KLR) (11 May 2026) (Ruling)

✦ The application for temporary injunction is granted.

Santito v Lesiamon & 3 others (Environment and Land Appeal E039 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 2760 (KLR) (11 May 2026) (Judgment)

✦ The court finds that there is no competent Appeal before the court, and the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the Appeal on its merits and shall not consider the merits, as the fate of the Appeal is that the same is struck out with costs.