Kenyan case law

Kerongo & 4 others v Kisii County Government & others (Environment and Land Petition E003 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6813 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court dismisses the application for consolidation and orders the petitioners to make an election between the two suits or have the petition struck out.

Ochieng v Agricultural Development Corporation & 3 others (Environment and Land Petition 2 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 6798 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ An inhibition order should be registered against the title register to last for one year from the date of the ruling.

Matu v Karuri (Environment and Land Appeal E085 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6854 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court found the Appellant in trespass and upheld the Respondent's right to damages.

Ndemo v Ondoro & 4 others (Environment and Land Case E004 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 6754 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The suit is res judicata on the grounds that the plaintiff's late father had previously filed a similar suit in Kisii High Court, which was dismissed for lack of prosecution.

Apec Holdings Limited v Kenya Railways Corporation (Environment and Land Case 16 (E012) of 2021) [2025] KEELC 6846 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application is allowed

Osinde v Nyamwaro & another (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons E002 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 6793 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court declared that both parcels of land exist on the map, ordered the land registrar and the District Surveyor to ascertain beacons on the ground, and declared that the defendants have encroached the plaintiff's parcel of land.

Muroki & 6 others v Etaya (Environment and Land Case E045 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6938 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The appeal is struck out as fatally defective due to the lapse of the limitation period and the lack of an order enlarging the limitation period.

Kembo (Appealing as the Administrator of the Estates of Agustino Okwahela Kembo - Deceased) v Namukuru (Suing in Her Capacity as the Administrator of Joshua Mukenya Mutokaa - Deceased) (Environment and Land Appeal E006 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6770 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The appeal is allowed, and the trial court's judgment is set aside. The land is ordered to be transferred to the estate of Agostino Okwahela Kembo.

Kiriinya & another v Consolidated Bank Limited & another (Environment and Land Appeal E009 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 6816 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Environment and Land Court does not have jurisdiction to entertain a mortgage/charge dispute.

Republic v County Land Adjudication & Settlement Officer, Trans Nzoia County & another; Lokwawi & another (Interested Parties); Korii (Ex parte) (Environment and Land Judicial Review Case E002 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6761 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The decision to subdivide the plot is quashed, and the respondents are prohibited from effecting the decision. No order of mandamus is granted.

Maundu v Kangundo Farming & Ranching Co. Limited & 4 others (Environment and Land Case 226 of 2010) [2025] KEELC 6933 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court will consider the issues of res judicata, time bar, capacity, and the legality of the survey.

Kibanga & 72 others v Land Adjudication and Settlement Officer-Taveta & 2 others; Law Society of Kenya & another (Proposed Interested Parties) (Environment and Land Petition E006 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6746 (KLR) (Environment and Land) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ Application to consolidate petitions is denied

Commission for Human Rights and Justice & another v Mwanje Zia t/a Ibado Enterprises & 10 others (Environment and Land Petition E016 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 6747 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Judgment)

Mkota & 8 others v Jimbim Investments Ltd & 2 others (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons 3 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 6975 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court declares that the Applicants have acquired the land through adverse possession and orders its transfer to the Applicants.

Charo v Njoroge (Environment and Land Case 230 of 2010) [2025] KEELC 6861 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The defendant’s Notice of Motion is dismissed, and the plaintiff is awarded costs.

Salim v Kithome & 3 others (Environment and Land Case 311 of 2014) [2025] KEELC 6781 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application is granted in terms of prayer (1) thereof.

Thuita v Ngatia (Environment and Land Appeal 20 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 6911 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The respondent was within the 12-year period of open and uninterrupted occupation of the suit property from 1998 up to the time the case was filed in 2019.

Oduor v Anderea Kenyani Amwayi & another (Environment and Land Appeal E045 of 2023) [2025] KEELC 6926 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court held that the trial court had jurisdiction to hear and determine the dispute, and the 1st respondent proved his claim of adverse possession.

Kiruthu v Konje (Environment and Land Appeal E004 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6934 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The appeal is struck out as it was not filed with prior leave and is therefore fatally defective.

Silgut (Suing as the Legal Representative of the Estate of the Late Kibirgen Arap Kibiego alias Pikiken A. Pyeko) v Rotino & another (Environment and Land Case E038 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6758 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court allows the application for a temporary injunction to prevent the sale or dealing with the land until the suit is heard.

Ndungu v Mungai (Environment and Land Appeal E044 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6805 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court held that the Appellant has not met the threshold for the grant of orders of stay of execution, but in the interest of justice, ordered the Appellant to deposit Kshs 200,000/ in a bank account.

Kenya National Highways Authority v Socio Dairy and Farm Produce Company Limited (Environment and Planning Appeal E002 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6842 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The appeal is dismissed with costs

Muhati & another v Kuta (Environment and Land Appeal E057 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 6982 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court granted a stay of proceedings and execution pending appeal.

Marandu & 243 others v Paul & 2 others; M'mbetsa & 4 others (Intended Plaintiffs) (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons 1 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 7109 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The preliminary objection is dismissed with costs.

Anyangu v Makwata & 2 others (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E014 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 6981 (KLR) (8 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court grants the application for extension of time to file appeal out of time due to the excusable reason of the applicant's unawareness of the delivery of the ruling.