Kenyan case law

• ERICK KIPKEMOI TARAGON v REPUBLIC [2010] KEHC 2303 (KLR)

  ✦ The conviction is quashed and sentence of five years imprisonment set aside. The appellant will be set at liberty.

  [2010] KEHC 2303 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 19 May 2010

• ALEX TRACHTENBERG v MANJI KANJI RAGHWANI & 5 Others [2010] KEHC 771 (KLR)

  ✦ Preservatory orders granted

  [2010] KEHC 771 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 19 May 2010

• ERICK KIPKEMOI TARAGON v REPUBLIC [2010] KEHC 2362 (KLR)

  ✦ The conviction is quashed and the sentence of five years imprisonment is set aside. The appellant will be set at liberty.

  [2010] KEHC 2362 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 19 May 2010

• OBADIA KIPRUTO KIRUI v PETER KIPKEMBOI RONO [2010] KEHC 2828 (KLR)

  ✦ The application is allowed on the terms that the amended plaint shall be filed within seven (7) days of the date of this Ruling in default of which the orders hereby granted shall lapse.

  [2010] KEHC 2828 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 19 May 2010

• REPUBLIC v CHRISTOPHER OWINO OREMBE [2010] KEHC 2835 (KLR)

  ✦ The court finds the evidence insufficient to establish the accused's guilt of murder.

  [2010] KEHC 2835 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 19 May 2010

• CHRISTOPHER MUNYI NJUE v REPUBLIC [2010] KEHC 2795 (KLR)

  ✦ The conviction and sentence are unsustainable and the appeal is allowed

  [2010] KEHC 2795 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 19 May 2010

• POSTAL CORPORATION OF KENYA METROCOSMO LIMITED v JOHN MUSYOKA KIVUNZI [2010] KEHC 2527 (KLR)

  ✦ The application for a stay of execution of the lower court's order is granted.

  [2010] KEHC 2527 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 19 May 2010

• CAROLINE M. KABAE & another v NANCY MUTHONI NJOORA & another [2010] KEHC 2142 (KLR)

  ✦ General damages are reduced from Ksh.100,000 to Ksh.80,000 and from Ksh.150,000 to Ksh.100,000

  [2010] KEHC 2142 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 19 May 2010

• REPUBLIC v OLOLULUNG’A LAND DISPUTE TRIBUNAL & another [2010] KEHC 836 (KLR)

  ✦ The Tribunal's decision and the subsequent decree of the Narok Resident Magistrate's Court are quashed by an order of certiorari.

  [2010] KEHC 836 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 19 May 2010

• KIRINYAGA CONSTRUCTION (K) LTD v OSCAR DUNCAN BEAUTTAH [2010] KEHC 2441 (KLR)

  ✦ Motion dismissed with costs

  [2010] KEHC 2441 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 19 May 2010

• PIUS ISAYA MANJERO & ANOTHER v REPUBLIC [2010] KEHC 2368 (KLR)

  ✦ The appellants were not positively identified as part of the robbery gang, and the prosecution failed to call vital witnesses. The convictions are quashed and the sentence set aside.

  [2010] KEHC 2368 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 18 May 2010

• REPUBLIC v KENNEDY OTIENO OYANGA alias ANYONA [2010] KEHC 1935 (KLR)

  ✦ The court finds the evidence insufficient to sustain a charge of murder and acquits the accused

  [2010] KEHC 1935 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 18 May 2010

• ELIZABETH AWUOR v RAPHAEL OGOLA OCHIENG [2010] KEHC 2834 (KLR)

  ✦ Application dismissed with costs to the respondent.

  [2010] KEHC 2834 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 18 May 2010

• ELIAS KAMAU MUTHONI v JORUTH ENTERPRISES LIMITED [2010] KEHC 2531 (KLR)

  ✦ The motion is dismissed with no order to costs

  [2010] KEHC 2531 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 18 May 2010

• BISHOP MICHAEL MBUTHIA & TWO OTHERS v BISHOP ELIJAH WAMBURI [2010] KEHC 2452 (KLR)

  ✦ The court upholds the High Court's decision

  [2010] KEHC 2452 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 18 May 2010

• JOHN MAKAU MUTISYA v REPUBLIC [2010] KEHC 2572 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal is successful and the conviction and sentence are quashed.

  [2010] KEHC 2572 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 18 May 2010

• REPUBLIC v JASON MAKOKHA ODONGO [2010] KEHC 2392 (KLR)

  ✦ The accused is found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

  [2010] KEHC 2392 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 18 May 2010

• KANCHANBEN RAMNIKLAL SHAH v SHAMIT SHANTILAL SHAH & 6 others [2010] KEHC 1776 (KLR)

  ✦ The application fails as the defendants did not breach the Anton Piller Order and are not guilty of laches.

  [2010] KEHC 1776 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 17 May 2010

• DANIEL SAFARI NGOWA v REPUBLIC [2010] KEHC 1763 (KLR)

  ✦ The conviction and sentence are quashed. The trial was a nullity due to the trial court's jurisdictional errors.

  [2010] KEHC 1763 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 17 May 2010

• LUSIA N.A. LISECHE v DANIEL MBURU KINYANJUI & another [2010] KEHC 1888 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal is dismissed. The trial magistrate's ruling that the suit was improperly before her, the plaint was not properly verified, and the appellant did not prove her case is upheld.

  [2010] KEHC 1888 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 17 May 2010

• JULIUS MORACHA MATUNDURA & another v ANNA NYABOKE MATUNDURA [2010] KEHC 1400 (KLR)

  ✦ Letters of administration Ad Litem for Johnson Matundura's estate were improperly issued and the transfer and registration of the land in the respondent's name are declared null and void.

  [2010] KEHC 1400 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 17 May 2010

• In Re the matter of Githunguri Cinema Company Limited [2010] KEHC 746 (KLR)

  ✦ The court grants the application and extends the time to register the charge by a period of 30 days from the date of the ruling.

  [2010] KEHC 746 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 17 May 2010

• PENAZZI LIVIO v MARIO CIBRA ROMANINI [2010] KEHC 2709 (KLR)

  ✦ The suit fails and is dismissed with costs to be borne by the plaintiff.

  [2010] KEHC 2709 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 17 May 2010

• MUTUA WASUNI MUSOMBA v THE ATTORNEY GENERAL & ANOTHER [2010] KEHC 2734 (KLR)

  ✦ The court declares the applicant the rightful owner of the land and prohibits its transfer. The court orders the award from the Provincial Tribunal to be read to the parties within 30 days. The matter is to be concluded by the Resident Judge, Machakos.

  [2010] KEHC 2734 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 16 May 2010

• CRUATTI SERVICES LTD v PATRICK IPATARA ELIMO (Civil Appeal 183 of 2005) [2010] KEHC 1122 (KLR) (14 May 2010) (Judgment)

  ✦ The appeal is dismissed with costs, and the trial magistrate's finding is confirmed.

  [2010] KEHC 1122 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 May 2010