Kenyan case law
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Shill v Mwangi (Environment and Land Appeal E002 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 8113 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Appeal is dismissed with costs to the Respondent.
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Ndegwa v Kapaai (Environment and Land Appeal E028 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7925 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Application is struck out for being incompetent and fatally defective due to the failure to file the Memorandum of Appeal and the copy judgment and decree.
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Gitau v Kioi (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons 006 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7942 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed. The costs will abide the outcome of the main suit.
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Equity Bank (Kenya) Limited & another v Kinjunje Gardens Limited & 8 others (Environment and Land Case 941 of 2016 & Environment and Land Case Civil Suit 947 of 2016 (Consolidated)) [2025] KEELC 7859 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court grants the application to amend the defence, but the Applicant is required to file the amended defence within seven (7) days.
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Ahmed v Mandera County Government; CECM Finance, Mandera County Government, The County Secretary & another (Contemnor) (Environment and Land Judicial Review Case E001 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 8102 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The contempt proceedings were incurably defective for being initiated in the wrong forum and against wrong parties, and the applicants' challenge is a legitimate effort to defend their liberty and uphold the Constitution.
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Gami Properties Limited v Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Lands Public Works Housing & Urban Development & 3 others (Petition E053 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7961 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court maintains the status quo pending the hearing and determination of the petition.
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Kemei v Kibet & 3 others (Environment and Land Case E047 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7799 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court held that the notice of preliminary objection did not meet the threshold of what amounts to a proper preliminary objection.
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Maingi v Maingi & another (Environment and Land Appeal E008 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 7857 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Appellant's appeal is allowed. The land is declared ancestral and the 1st Respondent holds it in trust for the Appellant and the Maingi Kithi family. The sale of the land to the 2nd Respondent is declared null and void. The land register is rectified to include the Appellant's name.
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Kigwe v Kirori (Environment and Land Appeal E055 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7926 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Appellant's application for extension of time to file an appeal and stay of execution is granted
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Trustees Presbeterian Foundation & 3 others v Gitehi & 2 others (Civil Appeal 13 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 7792 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Appeal is accordingly dismissed.
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Gikaria t/a Anthony Gikaria & Company Advocates v Samchi Telecommunications Limited (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case E008 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 18295 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court will not set aside the Taxing Master's ruling as the Applicant has not met the threshold for setting aside the ruling.
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Mwanza v Nzivu (Environment and Land Case 18 of 2020) [2025] KEELC 7824 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ Defendant is a trespasser and Plaintiff is entitled to general damages for trespass.
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Abdulwahab & another v Mwashetani (Environment and Land Civil Appeal E003 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7786 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Appellants' Notice of Motion is allowed in terms of prayers 2 and 3 thereof.
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Gitamaiyu Residents Forum Welfare Group v Mweiga Estate Ltd & 8 others (Petition E009 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 7913 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.
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Njoroge & 26 others v County Government of Nakuru & another (Land Case E042 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7797 (KLR) (Environment and Land) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court denied the Application to strike out the 2nd Defendant from the suit, finding that the Plaintiffs had established a viable cause of action and that the 2nd Defendant's involvement in public development projects and management of public funds made it a necessary party to the suit.
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St Patrick’s Hill School Limited v Kenya Power & Lighting Company Limited (Environment and Land Case E096 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 8003 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court finds the Defendant's preliminary objection lacking in precision and particulars, and dismisses it.
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Huma v Rafiki Micro-Finance Limited & 2 others (Environment and Land Case 1120 of 2016) [2025] KEELC 7810 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The case is transferred to the Environment and Land Court in Thika for determination on a priority basis.
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Mulandi & another v Ngala & 5 others (Environment and Land Appeal E033 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7878 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court declines to grant any injunctive orders and dismisses the application with costs to the 1st and 2nd Defendants.
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Kigunda v Kenya Power & Lighting Company (Environment and Land Petition E024 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 7919 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court found that the Petitioner’s grievance is not a mere technical or regulatory complaint, but a claim anchored on constitutional violations. The Court dismissed the Preliminary Objection and entered judgment in favor of the Petitioner.
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Gitu v Kamanda & 3 others; Attorney General & another (Interested Parties) (Environment and Land Case 1484 of 2016) [2025] KEELC 7897 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court dismisses the 1st Defendant's Notice of Preliminary Objection and finds that the dispute is within the jurisdiction of the Environment and Land Court.
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Olik v Apondi & another (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E023 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7910 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The prayer for permanent injunction must fail, and the prayer for mesne profits must also fail.
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Lenchasho v Sentila & 3 others (Environment and Land Appeal E016 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7998 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court finds the application for admission of additional evidence somewhat curious and lacks the proposed evidence in the required form.
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Wanjiru & 2 others v Olang (Land Case E065 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7964 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court granted the plaintiffs' application for temporary injunctions.
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Odawa v Onginjo & another (Environment and Land Appeal E018 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7912 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is merited and must be allowed.
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Kariuki v Kariuki & 3 others (Land Case E162 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7839 (KLR) (13 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court lacks jurisdiction to hear and determine the dispute between the parties, as it is a matter which ought to be placed before the High Court for determination.