Kenyan case law
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Sierra Flora v Kenya Planation & Agriculture Workers Union (Cause E078 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 234 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Order)
✦ The court ordered the applicants to obey the court order that no disciplinary action should be taken against the employees until the matter is determined, and the letters of dismissal of three shop stewards should be retracted until the matter is determined.
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CP Power East Africa Limited v Mutune & 5 others (Miscellaneous Case E266 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 67 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ Leave is granted to the appellant to appeal out of time, and the sum of Kshs. 4,000,000 deposited as a condition for stay of execution in regard to MCELRC No. 625 of 2021 becomes security for the intended appeal.
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Communication Workers Union of Kenya v Speedaf Logistics Kenya (Cause E698 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 79 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The Claim is dismissed with an order that each party shall bear its own costs.
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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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Kiti v Convoy Trucking Limited (Employment and Labour Relations Appeal 315 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 218 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed with costs to the respondent, as the court finds no basis for granting an order of stay due to the release of the motor vehicle.
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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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Mutegi v Redachem East Africa Limited (Cause E975 of 2023) [2026] KEELRC 76 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The Claimant's case is dismissed with an order that each party shall bear its own costs.
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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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Oduor v Trade Winds Aviation Services Ltd (Cause 454 of 2018) [2026] KEELRC 127 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Court set aside the Taxing Master's ruling on costs and remits the costs bill for fresh taxation.
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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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Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation & Allied Workers v Busia Sugar Industry Limited (Cause 56 of 2021) [2026] KEELRC 65 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The application is allowed with no orders as to costs.
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Kihara v Alliance Leasing Limited (Cause E061 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 241 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The court found the termination unlawful and procedurally unfair, but denied reinstatement due to the restructuring.
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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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Sang v Governor Kericho County & 2 others (Petition E001 of 2023) [2026] KEELRC 261 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The court sets aside the party to party bill of costs and orders a fresh taxation before another Deputy Registrar.
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Kenya Union of Commercial Food and Allied Workers v U-Fresh Enterprises Limited (Cause E461 of 2023) [2026] KEELRC 80 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The Court finds the termination unfair and unlawful.
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Onyango v Express Drycleaners Limited (Cause E6520 of 2020) [2026] KEELRC 121 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The application is dismissed. The court bars any execution against the applicant in person or Professional Express Laundry & Drycleaners unless ordered by the Court under an application for lifting the veil.
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Lusaka v Lachlan Kenya Limited; Ombogo & Company Advocates (Advocate) (Miscellaneous Application E265 of 2023) [2026] KEELRC 56 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The court confirms the stay order and directs the respondent to deposit the balance of the decretal sum into Court within 21 days from today.
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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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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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Marete v Mwangi (Appeal E242 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 108 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The appeal was allowed, and the judgment of the trial court was set aside. The claimant's claim was allowed, and the respondent was ordered to pay the claimant's terminal dues, accrued leave days, and compensation for unfair termination.
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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.
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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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Mugo & 133 others v General Plastics Limited (Under Administration) (Cause E635 of 2020) [2026] KEELRC 148 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Judgment)
✦ The court dismissed the notice of preliminary objection and proceeded to hear the substantive claims.
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Tallam v Judicial Service Commission (Employment and Labour Relations Petition E010 of 2023) [2026] KEELRC 256 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The court dismisses the Petition for want of prosecution due to the inordinate delay in prosecuting the matter and the Petitioner's lack of diligence.
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Kenya Concrete Structural, Ceramic Tiles, Woodplys and Interior Design Workers Union v Cibien Engineering & Construction Company Limited (Cause E805 of 2023) [2026] KEELRC 116 (KLR) (23 January 2026) (Ruling)
✦ The Court finds no error on the face of the record to justify a review and dismisses the Notice of Motion without merit.