Kenyan case law

Ali-Mekhlaf v Sharja Shopping Mall & 2 others; Ahmed & 4 others (Interested Parties) (Environment and Land Appeal E019 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 7268 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The appellant's partitioning and subletting of the shops are not valid

Muunda v Kamanza (Environment and Land Appeal E006 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 7093 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The Appellant's appeal is dismissed with costs to the Respondent as she failed to prove her claim for adverse possession.

Akuma v Ontita & another (Environment and Land Petition 20 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7232 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The cancellation of the petitioner's title to land parcel No. 2718 is null and void.

Munya v Musyoka & 2 others (Environment and Land Appeal E024 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 7113 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The Appellant's appeal is allowed, and the suit is set aside. The Appellant is allowed to proceed with the construction of the suit property.

Orinyo v Ekakoro (Environment and Land Case E011 of 2020) [2025] KEELC 7195 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The Court finds that the Plaintiff has acquired the land by adverse possession and issues orders accordingly.

Rogito & 2 others (Suing As Administrators of the Estate of the Late Henry Anunda Rogito – Deceased) v Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) (Environment and Land Case 339 of 2014) [2025] KEELC 7230 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application for amendment of the plaint is allowed.

Musyoki v Sombi (Environment and Land Case E012 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 7124 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court enters a declaration that Title No. Makueni/Mubau/46 is the subject of a customary trust in favor of the Plaintiff

Omosa (Suing as the administrator and legal representative of the Estate of Kasmir Mekenye Omete) v County Government of Kisii (Environment and Land Case 17 of 2019) [2025] KEELC 7263 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ Both the plaintiff's suit and the defendant's counterclaim were dismissed for non-attendance, and the applications for reinstatement were denied.

Zyke Limited v I &M Bank Limited & another; Kibera Development Company Limited (Intended Interested Party) (Environment and Land Case E288 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7259 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court grants the application to join the Intended Interested Party as an interested party in the proceedings.

Muchiri v Gathura Investment Limited & another (Environment and Land Case E146 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 7204 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The plaintiff's case succeeds partially, and the court orders a re-survey to reconcile the discrepancy between the mutation form and the actual acreage on the ground.

Kinyua v Ringera & 6 others (Environment and Land Appeal E054 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7201 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The time for lodging an appeal is enlarged by 10 days, and the plea for an order of stay of execution is rejected.

Mule & another v Agweny (Environment and Land Appeal E021 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7133 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court found that the learned trial magistrate erred in law and fact in finding the respondent proved her case.

Gilbert & 3 others v M’Atugi (Environment and Land Appeal E041 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 7161 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

Nzyoka & another v Kilumo & 3 others (Environment and Land Case E021 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 7098 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court found that the defendants' purchase agreements were valid and that the plaintiffs are not entitled to the orders for removal of the caution.

Gathoni v Kiragu (Environment and Land Appeal E057 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7256 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The appeal is incompetent and is hereby dismissed with costs.

Kamau v Kamiri (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons E014 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 7186 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The Court found in favor of the Plaintiff, granting him the right to possess the land by adverse possession.

Truser & 9 others v Attorney General & 2 others (Environment and Land Appeal E018 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7323 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The appellants were not the registered owners of the suit parcels as the registration was cancelled by the Land Adjudication Officer on the ground that the parcels do not fall under the declared adjudication section, Lower Sego.

M’Muguongo & another v Mugambi (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case E029 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7190 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The time for lodging an appeal is enlarged by 10 days, and the plea for an order of stay of execution is declined. The applicants are directed to renew the plea in the intended appeal once the appeal is filed. The applicants are ordered to pay throw-away costs of Kshs. 25,000/- within 30 days.

Mi-Tech Limited v Felistus (Environment and Land Case 87 of 2020) [2025] KEELC 7162 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court has jurisdiction to hear the suit and the case is not res sub judice.

Karomo v Kiarie (Environment and Land Appeal E057 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 7257 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The appeal succeeds, and the decision of the tribunal is set aside in its entirety.

Daniel & 7 others v Daniel & 2 others (Environment and Land Case E050 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 7129 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court dismissed the applications and upheld the impugned ruling.

Ndua v Waititu & another (Civil Suit 862 of 2017) [2025] KEELC 7174 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The 1st Defendant is entitled to legal representation and the 1st Defendant's Counsel, Masaviru Ketoo & Company Advocates, is admitted as the Counsel for the 1st Defendant.

Ameli v Ong’ondo (Environment and Land Case E025 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7253 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application is dismissed as the application was poorly drafted and the documents relied upon were not commissioned before the Commissioner for Oaths.

Mutie v Maundu & another; Ndungu (Intended Interested Party) (Environment and Land Case Civil Suit 146 of 2016) [2025] KEELC 7106 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The motion is dismissed as the intended interested party has not shown that he is a bona fide purchaser for value and the judgment cannot be set aside.

Mwangi (Sued in her capacity as the personal representative of the Estate of Japheth Arthur Mwangi Kiurire) v Tapasian (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Case E217 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 7102 (KLR) (21 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application is dismissed with costs.