Kenyan case law

SEA STAR MALINDI LTD vs THE KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICES [2002] KEHC 219 (KLR)

✦ The decision to ban construction is quashed, and the applicant is ordered to pay costs.

EVANS SHITANGWA KYAYUMBA vs REPUBLIC [2002] KEHC 683 (KLR)

✦ The conviction under section 296(2) of the Penal Code is quashed and the sentence of death set aside. A conviction for robbery under section 296(1) of the Penal Code is entered against each of the three appellants.

FRANCIS MUNGAI MUTUMBA vs REPUBLIC [2002] KEHC 396 (KLR)

✦ The conviction is upheld as the evidence corroborates the complainant's testimony.

VORGOMIA NJERI CHURU vs SIMON MUCHIRI [2002] KEHC 1011 (KLR)

✦ The grant of letters of administration and the registration of the deceased's name on the Land Register are annulled due to fraud.

Stephen Wainaina v Republic [2002] KEHC 1270 (KLR)

✦ The conviction is upheld, but the sentence is reduced to 5 years imprisonment, 5 strokes of the cane, and hard labour.

F N N K vs W N K [2002] KEHC 126 (KLR)

GIBIER BRANDUZZI vs HAMISI ABKAHIM SWALEH [2002] KEHC 579 (KLR)

GEORGE GITHIOMI NJOROGE AND ROSE WANGUI GITHIOMI vs LEAH WANGO’RE GITHIOMI ) NJOROGE GEORGE GITHIOMI ) [2002] KEHC 1019 (KLR)

✦ The summons is dismissed with costs to the Respondents.

SARAH GATITU NJIHIA vs MARTIN NJIHIA MBUGUA [2002] KEHC 792 (KLR)

✦ The preliminary objection is dismissed.

In Re J.M.R.A (Infant) [2002] KEHC 1045 (KLR)

✦ The court orders that the applicant C A be authorized to adopt the infant J M R A, who shall henceforth be known as C A A.

GERALD OUMA vs REPUBLIC [2002] KEHC 48 (KLR)

MAAMI NDUNGI & OTHERS v BENARD KIONGO NJAU [2002] KEHC 716 (KLR)

✦ The suit is dismissed with costs, and the issue of the boundary can be sorted out by the Land Registrar Kiambu.

SASAMBATI INVESTMENTS vs THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF MALINDI [2002] KEHC 611 (KLR)

✦ The court dismissed the preliminary objections raised by the Defendant as they do not fulfill the ingredients of a preliminary objection.

GULFSTREAM TOURS HOTEL vs DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CO-OP KENYA LTD. [2002] KEHC 773 (KLR)

✦ The application to discharge the injunction order is dismissed with costs.

LILIAN KALEKYA MAINGI vs REPUBLIC [2002] KEHC 400 (KLR)

✦ The appeal is allowed and the sentence set aside. The appellant is set free on bail.

HARAMBEE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD vs ELITE COMPUTERS LTD [2002] KEHC 702 (KLR)

✦ The preliminary objection is upheld, and the application filed on 27.6.2002 is struck out with costs.

Godfrey Mwangi Wanjohi v Mitchell Cotts Kenya Ltd [2002] KEHC 1203 (KLR)

✦ The court upheld Wanjohi's claim for compensation and ordered the defendant to pay the amount he was entitled to.

Solomon Software (EA) Ltd & another v Microsoft Corporation t/a Great Plains Business Solutions [2002] KEHC 1149 (KLR)

✦ The replying affidavit is fatally defective and is hereby expunged from the record. The respondent is granted leave to file a corrected valid affidavit within the next 3 days.

JULIET WAVET MUCHIRI & ANOTHER vs NJERU KATHENDU [2002] KEHC 1003 (KLR)

✦ The court denies the father's application for additional share in the estate and directs the wife to provide proper accounts of the sums used from the estate account.

HAMISI MZARI vs REPUBLIC [2002] KEHC 1085 (KLR)

✦ The application must fail and is dismissed.

HARAMBEE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. vs AFRO ELECTRICAL SERVICE LTD. [2002] KEHC 701 (KLR)

✦ The court upholds the preliminary objection and strikes out the application to lift the proclamation of the objector's household goods with costs.

G N M vs P M M [2002] KEHC 169 (KLR)

✦ The court finds the respondent’s adultery constitutes cruelty and grants the petitioner a divorce.

TOM MBOYA ODONGO vs REPUBLIC [2002] KEHC 441 (KLR)

✦ The conviction and sentence of death are quashed. The appellant is hereby set at liberty.

SHAN ROSEMARIE LINCK vs ROBERT SCHLOLER LINCK [2002] KEHC 580 (KLR)

✦ The preliminary objections raised by the Respondent are dismissed. The costs are to be paid by the Applicant to the Respondent.

SHABBIR MOTOR SPARES LTD vs MOHAMED SALIM MOHAMED & 2 OTHERS [2002] KEHC 216 (KLR)

✦ The appeal is dismissed with costs to the Respondent