Kenyan case law

• Kimanzi Mwandikwa & 2 others v Republic [2013] KEHC 487 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal is allowed, conviction and sentence are set aside, and the appellants are set free

  [2013] KEHC 487 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Mutie Maithya v Republic [2013] KEHC 496 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal is dismissed

  [2013] KEHC 496 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Benedict Kitheka Kitui v Republic [2013] KEHC 298 (KLR)

  ✦ The Appellant's appeal is dismissed. The conviction and sentence are upheld.

  [2013] KEHC 298 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Musyoka Mwasya v Republic [2013] KEHC 464 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal is dismissed. The conviction and sentence are upheld.

  [2013] KEHC 464 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Nelson O Kadison v Advocates Complaints Commission & another [2013] KEHC 807 (KLR)

  ✦ The petitioner's right to access to information has been violated, and the Commission's refusal is not reasonable.

  [2013] KEHC 807 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Robert Barinja v Republic [2013] KEHC 919 (KLR)

  ✦ The conviction and sentence are quashed and set aside

  [2013] KEHC 919 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• In Re The Matter Of The Estate Of Omar Mohamed Issa [2013] KEHC 235 (KLR)

  ✦ The application for rectification is dismissed, and Succession Cause No. 72 of 2012 is struck out.

  [2013] KEHC 235 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Kasokes Longoleting v Republic [2013] KEHC 899 (KLR)

  ✦ The convictions and sentences are quashed and set aside.

  [2013] KEHC 899 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Republic v Complaints Comission,Meida Council for Kenya & 2 others [2013] KEHC 687 (KLR)

  ✦ The application for certiorari is dismissed as the Complaints Commission was validly in place and the decision was not rendered without a chairperson.

  [2013] KEHC 687 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Benson Nzoka Mwaniki v Republic [2013] KEHC 482 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal on count 2 is dismissed. The sentences for counts 1 and 2 are to run concurrently.

  [2013] KEHC 482 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Elkana Kiprotich Kiptoo v Republic [2013] KEHC 917 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal is allowed. The sentence passed against the appellant is set aside. The appellant has been in custody for nearly one year. The sentence is reduced to the period already served.

  [2013] KEHC 917 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Raphael Musyoka Muli v Republic [2013] KEHC 296 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal is dismissed. The Appellant is convicted and sentenced to ten years imprisonment for the indecent act with a child.

  [2013] KEHC 296 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Daniel Muimi Mutemi v Republic [2013] KEHC 486 (KLR)

  ✦ The Court upheld the sentence of seven years imprisonment.

  [2013] KEHC 486 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Salim Ade Said & Dhadho Alius Awadh v Republic (Criminal Appeal 56 of 2013) [2013] KEHC 513 (KLR) (2 December 2013) (Judgment)

  ✦ The charge is not defective and the mode of arrest is questionable. The evidence on identification is insufficient.

  [2013] KEHC 513 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• M K v Republic [2013] KEHC 492 (KLR)

  ✦ The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal.

  [2013] KEHC 492 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Dennis Musya v Republic [2013] KEHC 489 (KLR)

  ✦ The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that there was no evidence connecting the Appellant with the offence.

  [2013] KEHC 489 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Musili Mwinzi v Republic [2013] KEHC 469 (KLR)

  ✦ The case is remitted for retrial before a different judicial officer

  [2013] KEHC 469 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Benedict Kitheka Kitui v Republic (Criminal Appeal 8 of 2013) [2013] KEHC 143 (KLR) (2 December 2013) (Judgment)

  ✦ The Court upheld the conviction and sentence, finding that the evidence supported the charges and the magistrate was correct in finding the Appellant guilty.

  [2013] KEHC 143 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Orie Rogo Manduli v Catherine Mukite Nobwola & 3 others [2013] KEHC 966 (KLR)

  ✦ The Preliminary Objection is upheld, and the Petition is struck out with costs.

  [2013] KEHC 966 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 2 December 2013

• Rahab Wanjiru Njuguna v Inspector General of Police & another [2013] KEHC 6827 (KLR)

  ✦ Grant an order of prohibition prohibiting the respondents from harassing, intimidating, threatening, and arresting the applicant and her agents in relation to motor vehicle registration numbers KBG 446K and KBH 445Y unless they are involved in traffic offenses.

  [2013] KEHC 6827 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 29 November 2013

• Moses Kinyua Muchai v Republic [2013] KEHC 6856 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal is dismissed and the conviction and sentence are confirmed.

  [2013] KEHC 6856 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 29 November 2013

• Nir-Sha Plastics Manufacturers Ltd v Maureen Ogema Ondatto [2013] KEHC 6812 (KLR)

  ✦ The Plaintiff is entitled to costs as the Defendant vacated the premises, and there is no good reason to deny costs.

  [2013] KEHC 6812 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 29 November 2013

• Kibet Kipkeu Longes v Republic [2013] KEHC 858 (KLR)

  ✦ The conviction and sentence are upheld

  [2013] KEHC 858 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 29 November 2013

• Rachel Moraa Mochama v Paul Tirimba Machogu [2013] [2013] KEHC 332 (KLR)

  ✦ The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, ordering the defendant to vacate the property and give free and full access to the plaintiff.

  [2013] KEHC 332 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 29 November 2013

• Benson Simiyu Busaka v Republic [2013] KEHC 859 (KLR)

  ✦ The court finds that all the key ingredients of the charge of robbery with violence were proved beyond reasonable doubt and upholds the conviction and sentence.

  [2013] KEHC 859 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 29 November 2013