Kenyan case law
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V Chokaa & Company Advocates v Essajee Amijee (EA) Limited (Miscellaneous Application E062 of 2024) [2026] KEELRC 97 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Court declines the prayer for leave to appeal and the prayer to deem the Notice of Appeal as properly on record.
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Kenya Union of Commercial Food & Allied Workers Union v Jade Collections Limited (Cause 1342 of 2013) [2026] KEELRC 86 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The court allowed the application to pay the decretal sum in six monthly installments, with the first installment due on February 15, 2026, and restrained the respondent from levying execution until the payments are made.
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Muhura v Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services (Miscellaneous Application E016 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 55 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Motion is found without merit and is dismissed with no order on costs
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Mutiso & 4 others (Suing on Their Behalf and on Behalf of Members of KCPA) v Gikonyo & 12 others (Cause E688 of 2024) [2026] KEELRC 63 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Court directs the Claimants to attend court sessions and comply with peremptory orders or face dismissal of the cause.
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Kenya Private Universities Workers Union v KCA University (Cause E475 of 2024) [2026] KEELRC 73 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Court finds that the present suit is not res judicata and that the issues raised are not substantially the same as those in the previous judgment.
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Carepay Limited v Afundi (Appeal E308 of 2024) [2026] KEELRC 155 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal was allowed, and the judgment of the Chief Magistrate's Court was set aside. The Respondent was awarded 52 months' salary as compensation, and the standard of proof used in criminal cases was applied.
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Mutiga v Proto Energy Limited (Cause E939 of 2023) [2026] KEELRC 115 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Court dismissed the motion, finding that the evidence sought by the Claimant was not new and important, and that the Claimant did not act with due diligence in discovering it.
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Muimi v Harley’s Limited (Cause 1 of 2017) [2026] KEELRC 125 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The court found that the termination was unfair and unlawful.
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Wainaina v Jacridge School Limited (Appeal E095 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 107 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The court held that the termination was procedurally and substantively unfair, and the employer did not provide valid reasons for the termination.
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Banking Insurance and Finance Union (Kenya) v Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) (Cause E067 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 74 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The Court finds the Respondent in breach of the 2013-2017 CBA and directs the Respondent to pay the 5% annual salary increment to all employees covered by the CBA, with effect from 1st July 2023.
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Asuko v We World Foundation (Sued Through the Country Representative Dr. Annarita Spagnulo) (Cause E112 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 75 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The Court finds that the Claimant's contract was not terminated prematurely and that she is entitled to the unpaid house allowance and prorated leave days.
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Ong'onge v SBM Bank (Kenya) Limited (Cause E318 of 2024) [2026] KEELRC 85 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The Court dismisses the Claimant's cause of action for unfair termination of employment and enters judgment in favor of the Respondent for outstanding loan balances of Kshs 1,697,339/- as of 23 July 2024.
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Sirma & another v National Industrial Training Authority & another (Cause E444 of 2024) [2026] KEELRC 78 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Court finds that the Claimants have not met the threshold required for the grant of review orders under Rule 74(1) of the ELRC Rules.
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Beckwith v Mara Wildlife Services Limited (Cause E219 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 114 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Court dismisses the Claimant's Notice of Motion
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Wambugu & another v Lungah & 5 others (Appeal E262 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 128 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal was allowed, and the judgment was set aside.
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Karanja v Kangethe t/a Impress Communications Printers & Stationery (Miscellaneous Application E148 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 221 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The application is not res judicata as the issue of granting leave to appeal out of time was not before the court in the previous ruling.
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Kariuki v Redachem East Africa Limited (Cause E974 of 2023) [2026] KEELRC 112 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The Court finds that the Claimant has not established his case to the required standard of proof.
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Okal & 2 others v Lunchbowl Network Foundation Kenya Limited & another (Cause E260 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 84 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Respondents' Motion is withdrawn with costs to the Claimants.
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Mwandale v Intergrated Science and Engineering Projects Limited (Cause 1618 of 2018) [2026] KEELRC 126 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The court held that the Claimant was an employee of the Respondent and ordered the payment of all lawful terminal dues and damages for unlawful retention of accrued salaries.
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Awino (Suing as the administrator of the Estate of the lLate Professor Fredrick Otieno) v Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology & another (Cause E512 of 2019) [2026] KEELRC 123 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The application is incompetent due to the omission of the date of commissioning in the jurat of the affidavit, and the court strikes out the incompetent affidavit and awards costs to the respondent
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Rok Industries Limited v Kang’ethe (Appeal E241 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 61 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The court agreed with the trial court that it was only limited to enforcement of the award since it is within the purview of DOSH to investigate work place injuries and determine the awards.
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Moraa v Commission on Administrative Justice (Miscellaneous Application E219 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 72 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Court declines the Respondent's application to adopt the Director's award and finds the Applicant entitled to the compensation assessed by the Director.
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Waweru v Triple Edge Media Limited (Cause E835 of 2021) [2026] KEELRC 98 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ Respondent's application is dismissed as it has not demonstrated why the Court's judgment should be set aside
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Obart v Kenya Power & Lighting Company Limited (Cause 385 (E360) of 2020) [2026] KEELRC 161 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The termination was found to be unfair.
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Kenal Plumbers Limited v Olenya (Employment and Labour Relations Appeal E201 of 2024) [2026] KEELRC 52 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The court found the trial court's apportionment of liability at 100% unjustified and the award of damages excessive.