Kenyan case law
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Mwasi v Njima Mombasa Phamaceuticals Ltd (Appeal E129 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3027 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court held that the Respondent did discharge their duty under Section 47[5] of the Employment Act, and the Appellant did not discharge theirs as contemplated under the provision.
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Kenya Union of Special and Professional Guards (KUSPROG) v Garda World Security (K) Limited (Cause E724 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 2842 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ A temporary injunction is granted to restrain the Respondent from interfering with the Claimant's members in the company's workforce pending the conciliation process.
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Owino v Raicha’s Electro Services Limited (Cause E518 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 2855 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Employment and Labour Relations Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the Magistrates Court to hear and determine employment disputes where the gross monthly salary of an employee does not exceed Kshs.80,000.
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Ochieng v Africa Mission Andernach & another (Cause E036 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 2857 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court held that there was no contract of employment between the claimant and the respondents. The termination was based on the volunteer Service Agreement, which was legally binding.
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Wachinga v Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Limited (Cause E915 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 2880 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Cause is withdrawn due to the Notice of Withdrawal dated and filed on October 8, 2025.
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Maina v Kariuki (Employment and Labour Relations Appeal 29 of 2019) [2025] KEELRC 2890 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court finds that the termination occurred on January 29, 2018, and the suit was not time barred. The court sets aside the award of compensation for unfair termination and grants the Respondent compensation for one month's notice, severance pay, and compensation for unfair termination in the sum of Kshs. 82,800.
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Mwega v Nairobi Water & Sewerage Co. Ltd (Employment and Labour Relations Petition E234 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 2892 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court found that the Petitioner's academic certificates were valid except for the forged one, and that the Respondent did not follow the HR manual in initiating the disciplinary process.
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Gachie v Lochab Transporters Limited (Appeal E243 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3041 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Appellant's claim was not proven to the requisite legal standards.
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Sakam Enterprises Limited v Wando (Employment and Labour Relations Appeal E026 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 2917 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The decretal sum is subject to taxation under the Employment Act and the Income Tax Act.
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Western Steel Mills Limited v Rogoncho & another (Appeal E023 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 2923 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Appellant is not liable for the injuries sustained by the 1st Respondent as the 1st Respondent was an independent contractor and the Appellant did not exercise control over the work being undertaken.
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Kenya Airports Authority v Kenya Aviation Workers Union (Cause E929 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 2861 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court adopted the Respondent's draft terms of settlement with amendments, finding the draft reasonable and resonating with the conciliation report.
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Mayfair Holdings Ltd v Simiyu (Appeal E063 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 2833 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The dismissal was fair and procedurally correct, and the trial court's award of Kshs. 350,000/- is vacated. The Respondent is awarded Kshs. 70,000/- for unpaid leave and Kshs. 70,000/- for salary for October and November 2023.
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Arora v Health Care Global (Kenya) Private Limited (Cause E033 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 2899 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court held that the denial of resources to the Claimant, including fuel, driver, mobile, and internet allowances, and the imposition of a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) with an impossible timeframe, amounted to a repudiatory breach of the contract.
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Mungai v Market Force Technologies Limited (Cause E870 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 2850 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The ex parte judgment is set aside, and the Respondent/Applicant is granted leave to file a response to the claim out of time.
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Muthungu v Registered Trustees of the Anglican Church of Kenya (Cause E090 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 2832 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court finds the Claimant moved the Court prematurely and strikes out the Cause.
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Esebwe v Pyramid Packaging Co. Limited & another (Employment and Labour Relations Appeal E053 of 2022) [2025] KEELRC 2925 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Appellant's claim against the 1st Respondent was not time-barred, and the trial court erred in striking it out.
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Bajaber v Planning Systems Services Limited (Cause E871 of 2021) [2025] KEELRC 2846 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The court found that the Respondent's actions amounted to constructive dismissal and ordered the Respondent to pay the Claimant the admitted final dues and additional ex-gratia payment.
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Banking, Insurance and Finance Union (K) v Jubilee Holdings Ltd (Cause E257 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 2869 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court declares that the Respondent has violated the Union’s Constitutional right to organise and collective bargaining and orders the Respondent to conclude and execute a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Union within 60 days.
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Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA) v Moi University (Cause E040 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3028 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Court declines to grant the orders of reinstatement as the case has not been heard and evidence taken.
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Aluko & 17 others (Suing on their own behalf and on behalf of other interested current and former frontline courier employees of G4S Kenya limited both casual and permanent) v G4S Kenya Limited; Kenya National Private Security Workers Union (Interested Party) (Cause E730 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 2837 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The claims will not be split, and the Magistrate Court has jurisdiction to determine the issues raised.
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Wambugu v Ncba Bank Kenya Plc (Cause E001 of 2021) [2025] KEELRC 2900 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ Summary dismissal was unlawful and unfair
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Muchiri v Beiersdorf East Africa Limited (Cause E096 of 2022) [2025] KEELRC 2868 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The motion is dismissed without merit.
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Birya v Mini Bakeries (Mombasa) Limited (Appeal E167 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 2939 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Appellant's claim was dismissed as he did not discharge his legal burden under section 47[5] of the Employment Act.
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Kondowa v Abyssinia Iron & Steel Limited & another (Employment and Labour Relations Appeal E003 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 2924 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal is dismissed. The trial court's decision to set aside the judgment is upheld.
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Onyango v Speaker County Assembly of Migori & 3 others (Cause E088 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 2829 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The court found the claimant's argument to be convoluted and a misrepresentation of the court's order. The court ruled that the removal of the claimant's name from the payroll did not constitute disobedience of the court's judgment.