Kenyan case law
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Banking, Insurance & Finance Union (Kenya) v Occidental Insurance Company Limited (Cause E470 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3398 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court held that the Respondent is not obligated to deduct union dues from the employees' salaries and remit them to the Claimant.
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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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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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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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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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Kenya Union of Commercial Food and Allied Workers v Nakuru Rural Water & Sanitation Co Ltd; Salaries & Remuneration Commission & another (Interested Parties) (CBA E196 of 2024) [2025] KEELRC 3412 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Ruling)
✦ The Collective Bargaining Agreement signed before receiving the SRC's advice on the fiscal suitability of the negotiated package is of no legal consequence and cannot be recognised or registered by the Court.
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Pelt Security Services Limited v Nyanumba (Appeal E004 of 2023) [2025] KEELRC 3370 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Appeal is allowed. The Claim shall be heard afresh before any other duly qualified Magistrate, other than the Trial Magistrate.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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Kiplangat v Kokchaik Cooperative Society Limited (Cause E004 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 3371 (KLR) (28 November 2025) (Judgment)
✦ The Court finds that the Claimant was not entitled to gratuity while on probation and 1-year contract, but was entitled to gratuity from January 2018, when he was employed on a term-indeterminate contract. The Court awards gratuity at Kshs. 256,440.
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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.