Kenyan case law

• AHMED SULEIMAN IDDI v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 2659 (KLR)

  ✦ The sentence is commuted to the term already served, and the appellant is set at liberty.

  [2006] KEHC 2659 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 5 April 2006

• LYDIAH MURUGI V EPHRAIM K. WAMBUGU & 4 OTHERS [2006] KEHC 2986 (KLR)

  ✦ The court grants the interlocutory injunction

  [2006] KEHC 2986 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 5 April 2006

• ATHUMANI JUMA GANZORI & 3 others v COMMISSIONER GENERAL KENYA REVENUE AUTHORITY [2006] KEHC 2648 (KLR)

  ✦ The court orders that the applicants pay directly to KRA duty as reassessed by the applicants in respect of each vehicle all totaling the sum of Kshs 19,684.811.75 within 7 days.

  [2006] KEHC 2648 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 5 April 2006

• RASHID BURALE NOOR v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 724 (KLR)

  ✦ The sentence of 7 years imprisonment is set aside and replaced with a 3-year sentence from the date of the original sentence.

  [2006] KEHC 724 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 5 April 2006

• JOHN RIGH KAGUMA V REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 2842 (KLR)

  ✦ The court found the offence of bigamy to be a serious criminal offence and granted a non-custodial sentence due to the appellant's age and health.

  [2006] KEHC 2842 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 5 April 2006

• MUSYOKI NDOTHANI v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 2708 (KLR)

  ✦ The convictions are unsafe due to the unsafe evidence of recognition and the court quashes the conviction and sets aside the sentence.

  [2006] KEHC 2708 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 5 April 2006

• Mungai v Director of Criminal Investigations & another (Miscellaneous Application 615 of 2005) [2006] KEHC 2649 (KLR) (Civ) (5 April 2006) (Ruling)

  ✦ The Chamber Summons is incompetent and dismissed with no order as to costs.

  [2006] KEHC 2649 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 5 April 2006

• CHANNAN AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS (K) LTD v NICODEMUS MUGARA [2006] KEHC 2002 (KLR)

  ✦ The application for stay of execution of the decree pending the hearing and determination of the appeal is allowed.

  [2006] KEHC 2002 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 5 April 2006

• MARY KARIRU MARIGU v PERMANENT SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE [2006] KEHC 1446 (KLR)

  ✦ The court cannot grant the prayer for warrant of arrest due to the provisions of the Government Proceedings Act and the lack of evidence of attempts to serve the Permanent Secretary with the Notice to show cause. The application is hereby dismissed.

  [2006] KEHC 1446 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 5 April 2006

• ONESMUS MUTUNGA NZUKI v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 2709 (KLR)

  ✦ The conviction is unsafe and cannot be sustained from the evidence adduced. The appeal is allowed, and the conviction and sentence are quashed. The Appellant is set at liberty.

  [2006] KEHC 2709 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 5 April 2006

• BULLION BANK LIMITED V KISHORE SUNDERAJI ADESHARA & 2 Others [2006] KEHC 2892 (KLR)

  ✦ The 3rd Defendant was not properly served with the Plaint and Summons, and the ex parte judgement against him is irregular and must be set aside.

  [2006] KEHC 2892 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• MAINA NJOGU V BEATRICE WACHERA & ANOTHER [2006] KEHC 2985 (KLR)

  ✦ The application is dismissed with costs to the Respondent.

  [2006] KEHC 2985 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• Republic v Juliana Henretaegwa [2006] KEHC 2832 (KLR)

  ✦ The conviction is quashed and the appellant is set free

  [2006] KEHC 2832 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• AUGUSTINE A. MURINGO & another v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 1435 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeals do not have overwhelming chances of success and the anticipated delay in hearing the appeals is speculative. The appellants are not sickly and the applications for bail are dismissed.

  [2006] KEHC 1435 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• REPUBLIC v PETER MUSYOKI MWINSA & another [2006] KEHC 2671 (KLR)

  ✦ The cases should be transferred to be heard by another magistrate with jurisdiction

  [2006] KEHC 2671 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• ANTONY WAFULA & another v REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 1436 (KLR)

  ✦ The court admits the applicants to bail pending appeal on the terms that they shall sign personal bonds of Shs.20000/= each.

  [2006] KEHC 1436 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• WAB HOTEL LIMITED & another v INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LTD & another (Civil Case 734 of 2002) [2006] KEHC 2623 (KLR) (4 April 2006)

  ✦ The application is dismissed with costs to the defendants.

  [2006] KEHC 2623 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• National Bank Of Kenya Limited V Elizabeth W Kimemia [2006] KEHC 2915 (KLR)

  ✦ The Defendant is liable for Kshs.5 million plus interest at court rates thereon from the date of filing the Plaint until payment in full plus the costs of the suit.

  [2006] KEHC 2915 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• Arts 680 Limited & Another V Middle East Bank Kenya Limited [2006] KEHC 2914 (KLR)

  ✦ The defendant has neither a right to refuse to allow the 2nd plaintiff redeem the securities nor a lien or set off in respect of its proposed claims against the 2nd plaintiff.

  [2006] KEHC 2914 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• PAUL MUTAI TOWETT V REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 3501 (KLR)

  ✦ The trial proceedings are declared a nullity and both the conviction and sentence are set aside. A retrial is ordered.

  [2006] KEHC 3501 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• JOHN NJEMA KAMAU & ANOTHER V REPUBLIC [2006] KEHC 2991 (KLR)

  ✦ Proceedings were declared a nullity, convictions and sentences quashed, and a retrial ordered

  [2006] KEHC 2991 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• Kazungu Charo & another v Republic [2006] KEHC 2833 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal is dismissed in its entirety.

  [2006] KEHC 2833 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• Republic v Judicial Service Commission; Khaemba (Interested Party) (Miscellaneous Civil Application 21 of 2005) [2006] KEHC 1922 (KLR) (4 April 2006) (Judgment)

  ✦ Termination of employment from a public body does not automatically fall into the realm of judicial review unless it is of a public law nature.

  [2006] KEHC 1922 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• REPUBLIC v DAVID OKUSIMBA [2006] KEHC 1984 (KLR)

  ✦ The court finds the charge not proven and acquits the accused

  [2006] KEHC 1984 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 4 April 2006

• Pastina Wamalwa Simiyu v Stephen Wekesa & 3 others [2006] KEHC 2594 (KLR)

  ✦ The preliminary objection is dismissed, and the plaintiff is allowed to proceed with the eviction order issued in Civil Suit No. 71 of 2001.

  [2006] KEHC 2594 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 3 April 2006