High Court of Kenya judgments

LIQUID INTERNATIONAL LTD v PANARI CENTRE LTD [2009] KEHC 3192 (KLR)

✦ The application is dismissed with costs to the defendant. The plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case to justify the interlocutory and mandatory injunction sought.

[2009] KEHC 3192 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 24 July 2009

NJERU NDWIGA v WILLIAM MUGO [2009] KEHC 2747 (KLR)

✦ Application dismissed with costs to Plaintiff

[2009] KEHC 2747 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 24 July 2009

JOHN ISAAC OBIYE v STANDARD ASSURANCE (K) LIMITED [2009] KEHC 2754 (KLR)

✦ The Defendant is fully liable to meet the decretal sums, costs, interest, and auctioneer charges in HCCC No. 187 of 2006.

[2009] KEHC 2754 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 24 July 2009

KENYA AIRPORTS AUTHORITY & another v STANDARD LIMITED & 2 others [2009] KEHC 1152 (KLR)

✦ The application for dismissal of the suit is dismissed, but the Plaintiffs are ordered to pay costs.

[2009] KEHC 1152 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 24 July 2009

EMBASEL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME v RENTON COMPANY LIMITED [2009] KEHC 1784 (KLR)

✦ The court dismissed the preliminary objection and the appeal.

[2009] KEHC 1784 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 24 July 2009

JAMES NGUGI NDUNGU v COMMISSIONER OF POLICE & 2 others [2009] [2009] KEHC 1642 (KLR)

✦ The objection is sustained and the petition and Chamber Summons are hereby struck out with no order as to costs.

[2009] KEHC 1642 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 24 July 2009

PETER MUGO KIBUCHI V CONSOLIDATED BANK OF KENYA LIMITED [2009] KEHC 2487 (KLR)

✦ The injunction is discharged, and the Defendant is ordered not to sell the land without proper notice.

[2009] KEHC 2487 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 24 July 2009

MICHAEL WAGURA MWANGI v REPUBLIC [2009] KEHC 3364 (KLR)

✦ The appeal is dismissed, and the appellant is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment

[2009] KEHC 3364 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 24 July 2009

JOSEPH NYAMBAMBA & 3 others v KENYA RAILWAYS CORPORATION [2009] KEHC 1385 (KLR)

✦ The preliminary objection is upheld, and the suit and interim application are struck out as being invalid.

[2009] KEHC 1385 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 24 July 2009

MAHAN DHARIWAL (Chairman New Muthaiga Residents Association) & 2 others v GEMINI PROPERTIES LIMITED & another [2009] KEHC 1861 (KLR)

✦ The court allowed the preliminary objections and dismissed the application.

[2009] KEHC 1861 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 24 July 2009

REBECCA KAGWIRIA JOSEPH V MIRIAM INOKOBIA JOSEPH & ANOTHER [2009] KEHC 2088 (KLR)

✦ The grant of letters of administration is confirmed, with a revised distribution of the estate and specific orders regarding the son's maintenance and the restoration of Mariam to her matrimonial home.

[2009] KEHC 2088 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

MURAYA KATHLEEN BUTLER v DALY & FIGGIS & another [2009] KEHC 2607 (KLR)

✦ The application is dismissed. The suit is not reinstated.

[2009] KEHC 2607 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

ALFRED OLINDO SHITEMI v MARGARET MUNALITSI MBUNI [2009] KEHC 3256 (KLR)

✦ The court found that the applicant has not established a prima facie case with a probability of success and that the respondent has a stronger claim to the property.

[2009] KEHC 3256 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

MARGARET WANJIKU RUGA v WILLIAMSON WAITITU MACHARIA [2009] KEHC 2612 (KLR)

✦ The court dismissed the application for interim restraining orders.

[2009] KEHC 2612 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

BASILIO GATOBU V RIUNGU MUCHAI [2009] KEHC 2082 (KLR)

✦ The protestor's application is dismissed with costs awarded to the petitioner

[2009] KEHC 2082 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

REPUBLIC V MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF NAKURU & ANOTHER [2009] KEHC 2286 (KLR)

✦ The applicant's continued tenancy is a bona fide tenancy and the issuance of the eviction notice was ultra vires. The leave granted herein do operate as a stay pending the hearing and determination of the substantive motion.

[2009] KEHC 2286 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

PETER MBUGUA NJOROGE V CYRUS WAWERU KAGUNYI [2009] KEHC 2966 (KLR)

✦ A perpetual injunction restraining the defendant from interfering with the applicant's occupation of the land parcel is granted.

[2009] KEHC 2966 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

ESHMAEL ONACHA AMWENDE & another v DAMARIS AMBOGA & another [2009] KEHC 3275 (KLR)

✦ The appeal is struck out for being filed out of time.

[2009] KEHC 3275 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

A.M. KIMANI & CO. ADVOCATES V KENINDIA ASSURANCE CO. LIMITED [2009] KEHC 2187 (KLR)

✦ The court finds the delay not inordinate and justifiable, and enlarges the time for filing the objection and grants other orders

[2009] KEHC 2187 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

MUKURIA OLE KOILEKEN & another v JOHN MWANGI KOILEKEN [2009] KEHC 2485 (KLR)

✦ The court finds the plaintiffs' allegations proved and grants their claim, declaring the subdivision unlawful, cancelling the defendant's title, and ordering the defendant to deliver possession of the land to the plaintiffs.

[2009] KEHC 2485 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

MADZUMA KATANGALIA v REPUBLIC [2009] KEHC 1544 (KLR)

✦ Conviction upheld, sentence reduced to two years imprisonment

[2009] KEHC 1544 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

EDWARD KHAEMBA MULONGO & ANOTHER V JOSEPH WANGOMBE NGATIA & 3 OTHERS [2009] KEHC 2289 (KLR)

✦ The court held that the transaction was not fraudulent and therefore not null and void.

[2009] KEHC 2289 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

ENOCK OKEMWA ONDARI v REPUBLIC [2009] KEHC 2347 (KLR)

✦ The conviction and sentence are quashed. The appellant is released from custody.

[2009] KEHC 2347 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

DANIEL THIONG’O v REPUBLIC [2009] KEHC 3322 (KLR)

✦ The conviction and sentence are quashed due to the failure to establish the victim's age

[2009] KEHC 3322 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

D.T. DOBIE & COMPANY (K) LTD v WANYONYI WAFULA CHEBUKATI [2009] KEHC 3221 (KLR)

✦ The application is dismissed with costs.

[2009] KEHC 3221 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 23 July 2009

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