Kenyan case law
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Joseph Hare Mumba v Republic [2016] KEHC 2125 (KLR)
✦ The court finds that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, and the appeal is dismissed.
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Peter Maina Gacheru v Republic [2016] KEHC 8271 (KLR)
✦ The order directing the trial to proceed from defence hearing is set aside and the trial is ordered to proceed from where it had reached
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Nicodemus Mua Makau v Kamula Wambua Ngui & another [2016] KEHC 487 (KLR)
✦ The file should be re-constructed, and the respondent should cooperate and provide documents.
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Canuk Holdings Limited v Pramod Patel [2016] KEHC 1149 (KLR)
✦ The application is dismissed. The case can be heard on priority basis.
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Benard Safari Christopher v Republic [2016] KEHC 2130 (KLR)
✦ The appeal is allowed, and the appellant is set at liberty unless otherwise lawfully held.
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Paul Vitalis Nyamu v Republic [2016] KEHC 2121 (KLR)
✦ The conviction is quashed and the sentence set aside. The Appellant is set free unless lawfully held for any other reason.
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In re Estate of Mutile Muoki Mathyaka (Deceased) [2016] KEHC 700 (KLR)
✦ The court allows the application and reinstates the Succession Cause
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Dakan Gabow Hussein & 13 others v Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces & another [2016] KEHC 1410 (KLR)
✦ The court declares that the arrest and treatment of petitioners violated their rights to life, human dignity, and protection from violence.
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Republic v Isaak Noor Ibrahim [2016] KEHC 2066 (KLR)
✦ The Appellant is allowed the appeal and the case is set aside. The case is ordered to be retried by any other court.
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Rishad Hamid Ahmed& another v Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission [2016] KEHC 2054 (KLR)
✦ The Petition and Cross-Petition are both time-barred and res judicata, and the court has no jurisdiction to entertain them.
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Amir Abdulmuin Said v Republic [2016] KEHC 1022 (KLR)
✦ The conviction is upheld and the sentence is confirmed.
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Peter Jamburi Kihiu v Republic [2016] KEHC 8279 (KLR)
✦ The court finds that the prosecution did not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt and quashes the conviction, sets aside the sentence, and orders the Appellant be set free.
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Elizaphan Nyakundi Nyatuga v David Ombuki Motanya & 4 others [2016] KEHC 1332 (KLR)
✦ The application is dismissed as the petition was filed after the civil suit and the court was alive to the existence of the civil suit when it rendered the impugned decision.
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Albert Imbuga Kisigwa v Recho Kavai Kisigwa [2016] KEHC 1528 (KLR)
✦ The court held that the administrator had acted diligently and had not committed any wrong to warrant revocation of the grant.
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Republic v Advocates Disciplinary Committee & another Ex-Parte Patricia Njeri Wanjama [2016] KEHC 2166 (KLR)
✦ The Court grants certiorari and prohibition orders, finding the Respondent lacks jurisdiction to entertain employment disputes.
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Republic v Director of Public Prosecution Ex-parte Josphat Sirma [2016] KEHC 274 (KLR)
✦ The Court declines the prayer for a stay order as the Applicant has failed to convince the Court that it would be efficacious in the circumstances of this case.
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Said Mwinyi Duka v Republic [2016] KEHC 2013 (KLR)
✦ The conviction and sentence are quashed due to the equivocal plea of guilty and failure to follow the procedure outlined in Aden v R (1973). The appellant is set free.
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Republic v David Gitonga Itharii [2016] KEHC 2270 (KLR)
✦ The court found the prosecution did not prove malice aforethought and the accused did not act intentionally.
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Republic v Gilbert Maina & 2 others [2016] KEHC 541 (KLR)
✦ The court refuses to transfer the case from Machakos High Court to the High Court in Kitui
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Labh Singh Harman Singh Limited v Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya & 2 others [2016] KEHC 811 (KLR)
✦ The Taxing Officer's decision is set aside, and the 3rd respondent's Bill of Costs is taxed afresh by the same Taxing Officer who made the original orders.
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M A K v A A O [2016] KEHC 1649 (KLR)
✦ The marriage is dissolved on grounds of desertion and adultery. A decree nisi shall issue forthwith, and it shall be made absolute within three months from the date of this judgment.
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Parkinyaro Ole Pursumari Koroi & another v Republic [2016] KEHC 8313 (KLR)
✦ The trial will not be heard de novo. The proceedings taken by Hon. Mwinzi in respect of the evidence of PW2 are expunged. PW2 will be recalled to testify afresh unless the accused persons indicate they do not wish for the witness to testify afresh.
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Athuman Sharif Dadu v Republic [2016] KEHC 2096 (KLR)
✦ The appeal is allowed, and the appellant is set at liberty
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Augustine Mburu v Republic [2016] KEHC 2031 (KLR)
✦ The Appellant’s appeal on conviction lacks merit and the conviction is upheld.
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In re M M (minor) [2016] KEHC 350 (KLR)
✦ The court allows the application for adoption and orders that the Applicants, J K M and A M K, are hereby allowed to adopt Baby M M. The child shall henceforth be known as M M. E K M shall be the legal guardian of the child should such eventuality arise. As the child was found abandoned in Kenya, he is hereby declared a Kenyan citizen by birth. The Registrar-General is directed to enter this adoption order in the adoption register.