Kenyan case law
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Muthaiga Heights Management PLC v View Point Homes Limited & 2 others; Kenya Urban Roads Authority (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Petition E029 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7891 (KLR) (6 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court found the 1st Respondent in contempt of court for willfully disobeying the court order.
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Oloisa v Konchellah & 2 others (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case E012 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7604 (KLR) (6 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is res judicata as it seeks to implement the same orders as in a previous judicial review application.
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Byegon v Omega (Environment and Land Case 64 of 2016) [2025] KEELC 7667 (KLR) (6 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application lacks merit and is struck out with no order as to costs.
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Cherotich (Donee) (Suing on Behalf of Edwin Kabuiywa Mamit) v Dc Ngeno & Company Advocates (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E013 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7708 (KLR) (6 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Applicant's reference dated 22nd May, 2025 is found to be incompetent and is hereby struck out.
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Nairobi House Limited v Koinange; Koinange (Plaintiff to the Counterclaim); Nairobi House Limited & 4 others (Defendant to the Counterclaim); Mayfair Towers LLP (Intended Defendant) (Environment and Land Case 434 of 2017) [2025] KEELC 7644 (KLR) (6 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court has joined the Intended Defendant as a party to the suit.
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Ikunda v County Government of Meru & 2 others; David & 2 others (Interested Parties) (Petition E002 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7616 (KLR) (6 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Petition is not only premature and misconceived for lack of locus standi, but also prohibited by the doctrine of constitutional avoidance.
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Salamba & 2 others (Suing as Trustees of Pentecostal Assemblies of God (P.A.G)) v Misigo & 3 others (Suing as Trustees of Calvary Pentecostal Assemblies of God) (Environment and Land Case 612 of 2016) [2025] KEELC 7864 (KLR) (6 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Plaintiffs have proved their case on a balance of probabilities and are granted an injunction and a period to remove offending structures.
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Sun Palm Limited v Siaka & 2 others (Environment and Land Case E008 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7827 (KLR) (6 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ Application for boundary dispute resolution is dismissed with costs.
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Sioro v Chemao & another (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E020 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7654 (KLR) (6 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is granted, and the Applicant is granted leave to appeal out of time from the judgment and decree in Kimilili SPM Land case NO. 43 of 2018.
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Oyatsi & 2 others v Vaz & 3 others (Environment and Land Case 22 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 7581 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is granted, the suit is reinstated for hearing on its merits, and the cost of the application shall be in the cause.
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Maloba v Laundra & another; PS Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Alleged Contemnor) (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons E001 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 7573 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The contempt application is dismissed as the Ministry has not shown wilful disobedience of court orders.
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Surumo v Mirambo (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E034 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7623 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court finds that the order for committal to civil jail was not set aside due to lack of means or absconding, but rather due to the Applicant's failure to comply with the terms of release.
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Ogwang & 3 others v Odak (Sued as the Legal Representative and Administrator of the Estate of the Estate of Zilpah Odak - Deceased) (Environment and Land Case 28 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 7714 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Plaintiffs are the proprietors of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th suit parcels of land, and the Defendant is a trespasser.
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Katana v Mwamure (Environment and Land Case 30 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 7634 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court orders that all parties shall respect the prevailing status quo of the suit land until the hearing and determination of the instant suit.
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Sawa & 40 others v Tumwet & 2 others (Environment and Land Case 15 of 2002) [2025] KEELC 7622 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed with no order as to costs.
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Mucheru (Formerly Known as Gideon Magu Ngugi) v Esbon & 2 others (Environment and Land Case E121 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 7988 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court grants the Plaintiff leave to file the supplementary document and witness statement, enlarging the time for filing and granting the Plaintiff 14 days to do so.
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Odindo v First Riverside Acres Limited; Chief Land Registrar (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Case E332 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7628 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court finds that the Plaintiff has made a case for specific performance and issues an order directing the Defendant to register the sublease in her favor.
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Magere & another v Mauti & 2 others (As Legal Representativies of the Estate of the Late Margaret Nyangara - Deceased Original Respondent) (Environment and Land Appeal E012 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 7647 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal is allowed. The appellants are the proprietors of the land absolutely with no encumbrance of any trust in favor of the deceased defendant. The life interest in the cultural home is extinguished upon her death.
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Asaa & 113 others v Rajab & 11 others (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons 54 of 2020) [2025] KEELC 7825 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The defendants' notice of preliminary objection is dismissed with costs.
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Musti Investment Limited v Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) & 6 others (Environment and Land Petition E010 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7626 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court finds that the preliminary objection does not raise pure points of law and that the issue of the alleged procedure for compulsory acquisition of the suit parcel is a factual issue to be considered on merit.
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Abdikarim v Mohamed & another (Environment and Land Appeal E033 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7574 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is granted, the 1st firm of Edwin Yose & Company Advocates is granted leave to come on record for the applicant, the time for filing an appeal is extended by fourteen (14) days, the record of appeal is to be filed and served in thirty (30) days, and the prayer for stay of execution pending hearing and determination of the appeal is rejected. The costs of the application will abide the outcome of the appeal.
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Mwangi & 2 others (Suing on Behalf of Kamiti Corner Welfare Group) v Murarandia Company Ltd & 14 others; Jiinue Associates Limited & 2 others (Interested Parties) (Environment and Land Case 537 of 2007) [2025] KEELC 7602 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Plaintiffs should be granted leave to amend their further amended plaint. The substitution of the capacity of the 3rd Interested Party to be the 16th Defendant is allowed.
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Kuwam & 6 others v Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Kenya & 5 others; Law Society of Kenya & another (Interested Parties) (Petition E004 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 7640 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed, and costs are awarded to the 1st and 5th respondents.
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Musembi & 9 others v Attorney General & 12 others (Petition E007 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7582 (KLR) (Environment and Land) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court found that the petitioners are the real squatters and that the settlement exercise was not legitimate. The court ordered the issuance of title deeds to the petitioners and a permanent injunction against eviction.
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Mumia & 2 others v Koech & 4 others (Environment and Land Case 70 of 2018 & 352 of 2022 (Consolidated)) [2025] KEELC 7776 (KLR) (5 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court has no jurisdiction to grant the temporary injunction sought by the applicant.