Kenyan case law
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Orangi & 21 others v Philips East Africa Limited (Cause E262 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3392 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Respondent must ensure that the transaction does not disadvantage the employees and must protect their accrued benefits and terms and conditions of engagement.
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Ogada v Multimedia University of Kenya (Cause E1036 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 3400 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The retirement notice is quashed, and the Claimant is deemed to have been in uninterrupted employment.
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Kenya Aerotech Limited v Thoga (Miscellaneous Application E190 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3394 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is found without merit and is hereby dismissed with costs.
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ole Pere v DOMINO(INTL) HOTEL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION LTD (Employment and Labour Relations Cause E046 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3355 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The termination was unfair as it lacked procedural fairness and substantive justification.
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Macharia v Kenya Institute of Management (Cause E037 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 3368 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application for a stay of execution is granted on the condition that the Respondent deposits the full decretal sum of Kshs. 2,015,000 within 21 days of this ruling.
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Kenya Union of Commercial, Food and Allied Workers v Jubilee Merchants Limited (Cause E072 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3432 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court finds the Respondent obligated to deduct and remit union dues in respect of its employees who have signed the check-off forms.
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Ahmed v JS & Company Hardware Limited (Cause E180 of 2020) [2025] KEELRC 3360 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The employment relationship was irregularly terminated, and the Claimant is entitled to compensation for unfair termination and pay in lieu of notice.
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Apidi v G4S Kenya Limited (Cause E224 of 2020) [2025] KEELRC 3359 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court finds that the separation agreement was procured through coercion and is therefore invalid. The Claimant's employment was not lawfully terminated.
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Pelt Security Services Limited v Makana (Appeal E005 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 3369 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Appeal is allowed, and the Claim shall be heard afresh before any other duly qualified Magistrate, other than the Trial Magistrate.
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J A Guserwa & Co Advocates v Molonket (Miscellaneous Application E025 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3363 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court finds no error of principle in the Taxing Master's assessment and orders the Applicant to refund the Respondent the overpayment of Ksh. 240,272.51.
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Obwoge v Flamingo Horticulture Kenya Limited (Cause E001 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3346 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ Both applications are declined.
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Conference v Ratemo; Seventh Day Adventist Church Central Rift Valley Conference (Respondent) (Cause E012 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3356 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The ex-parte judgment and consequential orders are set aside, and the Respondent/Applicant is granted leave to file its defense within 14 days.
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Namaswa v Inspector General of Police & 2 others (Cause E952 of 2022) [2025] KEELRC 3399 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court finds the claim without merit and dismisses it with costs.
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Bunsons Travel Services Limited v Mwangi (Employment and Labour Relations Cause E502 of 2020) [2025] KEELRC 3396 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed as the applicant did not demonstrate sufficient cause and acted in bad faith.
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Banking Insurance and Finance Union v Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited (Cause E1003 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3358 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court declines the Claimant's application for discovery, finding that the information sought is not relevant to the dispute and may breach the right to privacy of non-party employees.
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Kenya Women Microfinance Bank PLC v Wanyiri (Employment and Labour Relations Appeal E019 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3354 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal is allowed, and the Magistrate's judgment is set aside.
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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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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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Nyangeri v Roy Parcel Services Ltd (Cause E873 of 2021) [2025] KEELRC 3404 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court found that the dismissal was not unfair and the Claimant was not entitled to maximum compensation for 12 months or other relief claims.
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Kenya Chemical and Allied Workers Union v Kenya Flexogravure Limited (Cause E021 of 2022) [2025] KEELRC 3384 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The application is declined, and the Claimant is ordered to explore other available modes of execution of the decree.
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Rugu v Banking Insurance & Finance Union (K) (Cause E816 of 2022) [2025] KEELRC 3390 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court finds the suspension legitimate and declines to determine the legitimacy of the retirement decision.
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Sereta v Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd (Cause E089 of 2022) [2025] KEELRC 3405 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court found the termination to be unfair and unlawful due to the lack of evidence supporting the Claimant's alleged receipt of kickbacks.
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Tenwek Mission Hospital v Orwa (Miscellaneous Application E006 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3383 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The order allowing VAT at 16% of the Bill of Costs is set aside. Other items allowed by the Taxing Officer are sustained. No order on the costs of the reference is made.
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Morara v Mahan Road Construction Limited (Cause E008 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 3364 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court dismissed the Respondent's Notice of Preliminary Objection, finding that the preliminary objection involves disputed facts and cannot be resolved as a pure point of law.
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Kamau v Charleson Media Group (Cause E720 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 3393 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ There was no employment relationship between the parties due to the Claimant's failure to sign the draft contracts. The Respondent terminated the employment relationship without notice during the probationary period, which was not justified.