Kenyan case law

JANE NYANDUTU vs REPUBLIC [2003] KEHC 160 (KLR)

FRANCIS G. WAHOME,ANNE G. WAHOME vs MR. NG’ANG’A (ALSO KNOWN AS) MATHAI NG’ANG’A [2003] KEHC 674 (KLR)

✦ The court granted an injunction restraining the defendant from encroaching on the plaintiffs' property and ordered the defendant to pay costs.

MARIA EYER FELCHIN vs ZBINDEN JOHN DAVID BARANDUN VRENELI [2003] KEHC 493 (KLR)

✦ The preliminary objection is upheld, and the plaintiff's suit is struck out.

STEPHEN MWANGI NJOGO & OTHERS v ELIUD KIRAGU NDEGWA [2003] KEHC 21 (KLR)

✦ The suit is dismissed with costs to the defendant.

TWICTOR INVESTMENTS LTD vs THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [2003] KEHC 722 (KLR)

✦ The court ordered the proceedings to be stayed pending the determination of the application for foreign state immunity.

JAMES MBURU vs REPUBLIC [2003] KEHC 392 (KLR)

✦ The appeal against conviction is dismissed. The sentence is set aside and substituted with a release order and one stroke of the cane.

IN RE MZEE ALMASI MUKIRA v FARIDA ALMASI MUKIRA [2003] KEHC 645 (KLR)

✦ The objection in this case is premature and is dismissed.

SUSAN WAVINYA NDALITI vs PETER WAMBUA MUASYA [2003] KEHC 77 (KLR)

✦ The court finds in favor of the plaintiff, Susan Wavinya Maliti, and orders the defendant, Peter Wambua Muasya, to be restrained from interfering with the plaintiff's land.

MWALIMU KAHINDI KITI vs REPUBLIC [2003] KEHC 297 (KLR)

Syvia Eileen Mc Farlang v Alberto Lilly [2003] KEHC 505 (KLR)

✦ The suit is dismissed with costs.

UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED vs MUCHERU KARANJA [2003] KEHC 848 (KLR)

✦ The appeal is dismissed with costs.

Wachira & another v Attorney General & another [2003] KEHC 178 (KLR)

✦ The court upheld the previous judgment and found no negligence in the police officer's actions. The court also dismissed the claim for special damages under the Law Reform Act.

VINCENT ODUOR ODOK vs REPUBLIC [2003] KEHC 371 (KLR)

✦ The court altered the sentence by ordering that all the jail terms passed against the Appellant should run concurrently.

FRANCIS MUTURI MUNIU V LEONARD KAMAU KARIUKI & 3 OTHERS [2003] KEHC 85 (KLR)

✦ The court dismissed the plaintiff's claims and granted the defendants' applications.

In Re: MICAH OUMA ORIASO a.k.a. MICAH M. ORIASO [2003] KEHC 206 (KLR)

✦ Mr. Micah M. Oriaso is presumed dead, and a death certificate is to be issued to the applicant.

JOHN KINYUA GITICHE vs REPUBLIC [2003] KEHC 182 (KLR)

✦ The convictions of each Appellant are quashed and the sentences set aside. The Appellants are set at liberty.

UNICORN INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED v EPCO BUILDERS LIMITED [2003] KEHC 30 (KLR)

✦ The application is refused as the suit was filed in the wrong court and the High Court cannot exercise its discretion to transfer a suit from one court to another if the suit is filed in a court without the necessary jurisdiction.

WAYUA KITETU V CHARO KYALO MULONZI [2003] KEHC 198 (KLR)

✦ The High Court denies the application for transfer

STEPHEN NJUGUNA vs JONATHAN OGOSO NYANGARA [2003] KEHC 731 (KLR)

✦ Plaintiff's claim for loss of user and special damages is not supported by evidence and is therefore dismissed.

SERAPHINE MUTHONI WARUTA vs ALLAN WAWERU MBURU [2003] KEHC 238 (KLR)

✦ The court does not think that failure to serve the defence within the required time attracts striking out of the defence.

JOHN MICHAEL NJENGA vs DANIEL KETER & 2 OTHERS [2003] KEHC 949 (KLR)

SHIPIRA CHOLA & 3 OTHERS v JAMES SAMUEL PETER M1RIE [2003] KEHC 23 (KLR)

✦ The notices were valid, but the tribunal's order completely terminated the tenancies. The appeal is allowed, and the tenancies are set aside.

FREDRICK WAMBARI CHEGE vs JAMES KARUME WANJEMA [2003] KEHC 624 (KLR)

✦ The application is granted, the order referring the case to the Land Disputes Tribunal is set aside, and the case is to be heard in the High Court.

EVANS ORINA OMANGA vs REPUBLIC [2003] KEHC 84 (KLR)

✦ The appellant's conviction and sentence are upheld

FRANCIS C. NKOROGO & 5 OTHERS vs THE REGISTRAR OF TRADE UNIONS [2003] KEHC 776 (KLR)