Kenyan case law
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Kenya Union of Water and Sewerage Employees v Meru Water and Sewerage Company Limited (Cause E026 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3499 (KLR) (2 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court strikes out the claim as the Claimant is no longer a registered trade union and thus lacks the legal capacity to litigate.
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Kenya Union of Commercial Food & Allied Workers v Dhabiti Sacco Society Limited (Miscellaneous Application E003 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3498 (KLR) (2 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is granted, and any deposit made by the Respondent shall be applied towards the outstanding amounts of Kshs. 494,090 plus costs of Kshs. 10,755.
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Gitonga v Fep Sacco Limited; Fountain Global Investors Limited (Objector) (Cause E004 of 2022) [2025] KEELRC 3506 (KLR) (2 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Objector did not present any evidence of legal or equitable interest in the attached goods, and the application is dismissed.
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Kenya Union of Entertainment & Music Industry Employees v Kenya Cultural Centre (Cause E168 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3484 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court dismissed the Application and found that the Applicant has not satisfied the threshold for the grant of review.
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Mwathi v Koko Networks Limited (Cause E575 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3478 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court found that the resignation was not voluntary and that the circumstances amounted to constructive dismissal.
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Odhiambo v Hisa Technologies Limited (Cause E123 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3451 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court finds that the Respondent's actions amounted to constructive dismissal, and the Claimant was unfairly and unlawfully terminated from employment.
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Oluoch v Attorney General (Cause E018 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3463 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The claim is statute-barred and the Respondent's Objection is upheld.
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Nyaega v Bonds Garden Restaurant (Miscellaneous Application E100 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3472 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court allows the Application and finds the Applicant entitled to the sum of Kshs. 398,923.00 as assessed by the Director.
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Amollo v Raa Limited (Cause E474 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3479 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court found the termination of the Claimant's employment to be wrongful, malicious, unprocedural, illegal, and unconstitutional.
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Gichana v Sana Industries Company Limited (Miscellaneous Application E122 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3439 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court grants the Applicant leave to file an appeal out of time
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Gitonga & 4 others v National Environment Management Authority; Law Society of Kenya & another (Interested Parties) (Cause 547 of 2018) [2025] KEELRC 3397 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court finds the Motion incompetent and strikes it out with costs.
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Gatahi v Simba Fresh Produce Limited (Cause 482 of 2020) [2025] KEELRC 3485 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court finds the decree is less than one year old and the goods do not belong to the Applicant. The decretal sum was not settled.
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Nyangongo v Akola, The Principal Kisii National Polytechnic & 2 others (Miscellaneous Cause E001 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3395 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The 2nd respondent's preliminary objection is dismissed
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Onyango v Kenyatta National Hospital (Cause E368 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 3453 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court found that the termination was valid and fair, and the Claimant was not entitled to the remedies sought.
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Wanyonyi v Royal Garment Industries & EPZ Limited; Director of Occupational Safety and Health (Interested Party) (Miscellaneous Application E226 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3438 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Respondent improperly approached the Court through the Notice of Motion and should have filed a Motion for Judicial Review to quash the Director's award.
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Moors v Bright Vision Media Limited (Cause e167 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3496 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Notice of Motion is dismissed, with an order that costs will be in the cause
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Ndambiri v Kenya Revenue Authority (Cause E251 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3452 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The claim for unfair termination is dismissed, with no orders as to costs.
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Musengi v African Touch Safaris (Employment and Labour Relations Cause E370 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3466 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court finds that the claim does not constitute a continuing injury and that the claim is not time-barred.
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Kagwamba v Bio Zeq Kenya Limited (Cause E195 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 3480 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court finds that the termination was not fair and unlawful, and the Respondent did not provide substantive justifications for the termination.
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Mwangi v Ecolab East Africa (EA) Limited (Cause E937 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3454 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Claimant's resignation was not involuntary and is not a case of constructive dismissal.
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Kiboko v Osteria Group (Kenya) Limited (Employment and Labour Relations Cause E023 of 2022) [2025] KEELRC 3464 (KLR) (1 December 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court finds no reason to doubt the Claimant's assertion that he has been unable to identify any attachable assets of the Respondent to satisfy the decree. The Director of the Respondent is ordered to appear before the Court and provide information regarding the company's assets.
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Jubilous v Cooperative Bank of Kenya Limited (Cause E030 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 3349 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court declines the claimant's request to transfer the claim to Eldoret and dismisses the claimant's application for a stay of proceedings. The court orders the claimant to prosecute his claim as soon as practicable.
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Kenya Engineering Workers Union v Booth Extrusions Limited & another; Waweru & 30 others (Intended Applicant) (Cause E539 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 3401 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Chamber Summons application is dismissed as frivolous and devoid of merit.
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Matiri v National Cereals and Produce Board (Cause E054 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3361 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court dismissed the application for an interim injunction as the Claimant failed to establish a prima facie case with a probability of success.
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Owiti v Usiku Entertainment Limited (Employment and Labour Relations Cause E075 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 3362 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court finds that the Respondent's conduct did not amount to a repudiation of the contract of service, and the Claimant's resignation was not due to intolerable work environment.