High Court of Kenya judgments

DANIEL OYOYA & Another v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 130 (KLR)

✦ The conviction and sentence are quashed due to the improper prosecution.

[2006] KEHC 130 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 28 September 2006

MOHAN GALOT v KENYA NATIONAL CAPITAL CORPORATION [2006] KEHC 1296 (KLR)

✦ The High Court's judgment is set aside and the case is remanded for further proceedings.

[2006] KEHC 1296 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 28 September 2006

DANIEL OYOYA & ANOTHER v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 515 (KLR)

✦ The conviction and sentence are quashed due to the improper prosecution.

[2006] KEHC 515 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 28 September 2006

REPUBLIC v LAND DISPUTES TRIBUNAL, MUMONI DIVISION & Another EX PARTE MAITHYA NZUE [2006] KEHC 102 (KLR)

✦ The tribunal acted ultra vires its powers due to the decision to award the whole land to the Interested Party, which was a substantive land claim. The award of costs was also ultra vires the tribunal's powers.

[2006] KEHC 102 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 28 September 2006

DAVID KIMEU v PHILLIP MUNDA NTHAMA [2006] KEHC 428 (KLR)

✦ The appeal and the application to set aside the exparte judgment are both incompetent and invalid. The application for stay execution of the decree is accordingly dismissed with costs to the decree-holder/respondent.

[2006] KEHC 428 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 28 September 2006

REPUBLIC v NZANGI KELI & another [2006] KEHC 592 (KLR)

✦ The court quashed the decisions of the Tribunal and the court, and ordered the removal of the record of the Kitui Principal Magistrate's Court and the Mutomo Land Disputes Tribunal.

[2006] KEHC 592 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 28 September 2006

JAMES GEMO & ANOTHER v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 513 (KLR)

✦ The appeals are dismissed. The conviction is upheld. The sentence is upheld.

[2006] KEHC 513 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 28 September 2006

REPUBLIC v NZANGI KELI & ANOTHER [2006] KEHC 221 (KLR)

✦ The court quashed the decisions of the Tribunal and the court, and ordered the removal of the record of the Kitui Principal Magistrate's Court Case No. L.60 of 2003 and the record of Mutomo Location Land Disputes Tribunal, Case No. 47 of 2003.

[2006] KEHC 221 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 28 September 2006

KANAMPIU M’RIMBERIA v JULIUS KATHANJE [2006] KEHC 1281 (KLR)

✦ The application for review of the consent order is dismissed with costs to the defendant.

[2006] KEHC 1281 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

Joseph Muchura Kimathi v Republic [2006] KEHC 1329 (KLR)

✦ The sentence imposed was excessive.

[2006] KEHC 1329 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

SALAT HASSAN v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 1274 (KLR)

✦ The sentence is reduced to the one already served, and the appellant can be released from custody in respect of the sentence arising from Isiolo Cr. Case 230/03 only.

[2006] KEHC 1274 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

DICKSON MANYASI WEKESA v SYDNEY SIMON MUNYAGA (Civil Appeal 41 of 2005) [2006] KEHC 1266 (KLR) (27 September 2006)

✦ Order of monthly maintenance cannot be said to have been made without any evidence. Application for stay of execution of the order is dismissed.

[2006] KEHC 1266 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

JOHN MWANGI KIAMA v STEPHEN WAWERU [2006] KEHC 1263 (KLR)

✦ The court grants the extension of time to file the appeal and dismisses the prayer for stay of execution.

[2006] KEHC 1263 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

CYNTHIA KUVOCHI LUYEGU & 6 OTHERS v TOURSIM PROMOTION SERVICES LIMITED & ANOTHER [2006] KEHC 1321 (KLR)

✦ Dismissal of employees was lawful, prosecution was not malicious, and no damages are payable.

[2006] KEHC 1321 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

DORIN AWUOR AMOLLO & 3 others v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 1328 (KLR)

✦ The sentence imposed was neither harsh nor excessive and will stand.

[2006] KEHC 1328 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

M’ARIMI RUBWA v RUTERE NKANATA [2006] KEHC 1280 (KLR)

✦ The suit is properly instituted with a valid consent under the Land Adjudication Act, Cap. 284 and the Land Consolidation Act does not apply in such a case.

[2006] KEHC 1280 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

REPUBLIC v RESIDENT MAGISTRATE LAMU & another [2006] KEHC 721 (KLR)

✦ The present application is not res judicata.

[2006] KEHC 721 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

In Re the Estate of Ngugi Wanyingi (Deceased) [2006] KEHC 867 (KLR)

✦ Application for revocation of grant dismissed and restraining order issued

[2006] KEHC 867 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

CHARLES KIMAITA MWITHIMBU v JOSEPH R.C. MWIRIGI MUGUNA [2006] KEHC 1279 (KLR)

✦ The Appellant's Appeal is unmeritorious and the lower court decision must stand.

[2006] KEHC 1279 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

M’NKANATA M’KIRIGIA v GEOFFREY WERU KIRIMANIA [2006] KEHC 1287 (KLR)

✦ The application is dismissed with costs to the Respondent.

[2006] KEHC 1287 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

CHARLES OTISO G. OTUNDO v KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK LTD [2006] KEHC 57 (KLR)

✦ The court denied the application to amend the plaint to include the second defendant.

[2006] KEHC 57 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

M’CHABARA M’UKABI v CHAIRMAN MERU SOUTH DISTRICT LAND DISPUTE TRIBUNAL [2006] KEHC 98 (KLR)

✦ The decision by the Land Disputes Tribunal was without jurisdiction and the application is allowed.

[2006] KEHC 98 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

RAKI INVESTMENTS COMPANY LIMITED & 3 others v CO-OPERATIVE BANK OF KENYA LIMITED [2006] KEHC 1298 (KLR)

✦ The court dismissed the plaintiffs' claims and granted the defendant's applications.

[2006] KEHC 1298 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

JAMES MUTURI KURIA & 5 OTHERS v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 1253 (KLR)

✦ Convictions and sentences under Section 296(1) of the Penal Code are quashed and substituted with convictions under Section 296(2) of the Penal Code.

[2006] KEHC 1253 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 27 September 2006

M’CHABARA M’UKABI v CHAIRMAN MERU SOUTH DISTRICT LAND DISPUTE TRIBUNAL [2006] KEHC 181 (KLR)