Kenyan case law

• CHARLES JOSPHAT AKWONI v THE SOLICITOR GENERAL [2008] KEHC 2627 (KLR)

  ✦ The objection to the service of the Solicitor General is dismissed, and the matter is ordered to proceed further.

  [2008] KEHC 2627 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 15 April 2008

• Pamella Akoth Owuor v Republic [2008] KEHC 3956 (KLR)

  ✦ The appellate court upholds the sentence imposed by the trial court, finding no grounds to interfere with it.

  [2008] KEHC 3956 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• B2 YATTA RANCHING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY V COUNTY COUNCIL OF KITUI & 6 OTHERS [2008] KEHC 3229 (KLR)

  ✦ The Applicants have made a good case for being joined in the suit, and the court allows the Application to join them as co-defendants.

  [2008] KEHC 3229 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• REUBEN MURIITHI M’KIRERA v REPUBLIC [2008] KEHC 3441 (KLR)

  ✦ The appellant was one of the robbers and the conviction is upheld

  [2008] KEHC 3441 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• David Maina Kibuiyah v Republic [2008] KEHC 3967 (KLR)

  ✦ The orders of the trial court are set aside, and the applicant's cash bail is reinstated. The applicant will undergo his trial as scheduled.

  [2008] KEHC 3967 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• Reuben Muriithi M’kirera v Republic [2008] KEHC 4027 (KLR)

  ✦ The appellant was one of the robbers and the conviction is upheld

  [2008] KEHC 4027 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• David Kamau Wanjiru v Republic [2008] KEHC 3954 (KLR)

  ✦ The appellant was properly identified as one of the robbers, and the conviction is upheld. The sentence for the second count is stayed pending execution of the sentence for the first count.

  [2008] KEHC 3954 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• JOYCE GATHONI KIARIE v NAOMI KABORO MUNGAI [2008] KEHC 2808 (KLR)

  ✦ The application is dismissed.

  [2008] KEHC 2808 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• PATRICK MWANGI GACHIE v BETHICIBA NYAMBURA [2008] KEHC 1771 (KLR)

  ✦ The court dismissed the mode of distribution proposed by the Appellant and ordered the land parcel to be distributed as follows: Patrick Mwangi Gachie - 0.8 acres, David Mwangi Kamau - 0.8 acres, and Bethiciba Nyambura - 0.3 acres.

  [2008] KEHC 1771 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• NICODEMUS H. OMOGO v KENYA NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD [2008] KEHC 3165 (KLR)

  ✦ The Court dismissed the preliminary objection, finding that the Defendant in the current case is not the same as the Defendant in Eldoret HCCC. No. 225 of 1997.

  [2008] KEHC 3165 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• S.G .K V REPUBLIC [2008] KEHC 2867 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal is allowed, conviction and sentence quashed, appellant set at liberty

  [2008] KEHC 2867 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• PETER OPUDO NYAKUNDI & ANOTHER V CHAIRMAN OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF ACHOL SCHOOL [2008] KEHC 2968 (KLR)

  ✦ The plaintiffs' claim is time barred under Section 7 of the Limitation of Actions Act, and the defendant is not liable for encroachment.

  [2008] KEHC 2968 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• SIMON MURAGU KAIGI & ANOTHER v KAMAU KAIGI (? 31 of 2003) [2008] KEHC 3247 (KLR) (14 April 2008) (Ruling)

  ✦ The appeal will be reinstated due to the counsel's inadvertent error.

  [2008] KEHC 3247 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• JEROME SHLOMO V RAMJI LADHA COMPANY LTD [2008] KEHC 3513 (KLR)

  ✦ The court grants prayers 3, 4 and 5 in the notice of motion on condition that the defendant deposits the decretal sum in a joint account in the names of the advocates for the parties within 45 days.

  [2008] KEHC 3513 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 14 April 2008

• CHARLES MWAI GATERE v AGNES NJERI KAMBO & 2 others [2008] KEHC 3560 (KLR)

  ✦ The court finds that the defendants fraudulently transferred the plots to the plaintiff and declares him the rightful owner. The court directs the land registrar to rectify the registers by substituting the names of the defendants with the plaintiff's name.

  [2008] KEHC 3560 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 11 April 2008

• QURDOBA ENTERPRISES LIMITED v TOTAL KENYA LIMITED [2008] KEHC 2763 (KLR)

  ✦ Prayer number two in the Chamber Summons be and is hereby dismissed with costs to the Respondent

  [2008] KEHC 2763 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 11 April 2008

• JAPHETH KIPTOON & ANOTHER V BARNABAS EDWIN OTIENO DULLO & 2 OTHERS [2008] KEHC 464 (KLR)

  ✦ The plaintiffs are the registered proprietors of the property and the eviction of their tenant was unlawful.

  [2008] KEHC 464 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 11 April 2008

• RIFT VALLEY PRODUCTS LIMITED v PLEXUS COTTON LIMITED (Civil Suit 16 of 2006) [2008] KEHC 3315 (KLR) (11 April 2008) (Ruling)

  ✦ The defendant's application to set aside the default judgment is dismissed with costs. The defendant's application for stay of proceedings is dismissed with costs.

  [2008] KEHC 3315 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 11 April 2008

• HOUSING FINANCE COMPANY OF KENYA LIMITED V ANN NJOKI KURIA [2008] KEHC 3294 (KLR)

  ✦ The leasehold interest was capable of being charged to secure the mortgage debt.

  [2008] KEHC 3294 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 11 April 2008

• CATHERINE. M. NJIRU V NELSON R. MUGO & 2 OTHERS [2008] KEHC 3281 (KLR)

  ✦ The suit is dismissed, and the parties are ordered to fix the suit for full trial with evidence.

  [2008] KEHC 3281 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 11 April 2008

• REPUBLIC v CHARLES KITHINJI [2008] KEHC 3387 (KLR)

  ✦ The appeal is dismissed. There was no evidence to support the charges, and the acquittal was not against the weight of evidence.

  [2008] KEHC 3387 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 11 April 2008

• NGANGA KIANGAI v KIMANI GICHO [2008] KEHC 3491 (KLR)

  ✦ The defendant is liable to pay the plaintiff KShs. 30,000

  [2008] KEHC 3491 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 11 April 2008

• CHARLES WAHOME MWAI & ANOTHER V ISAACK KAMAU NDIRANGU [2008] KEHC 3480 (KLR)

  ✦ The application is misconceived and is hereby struck out with costs to the Defendant.

  [2008] KEHC 3480 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 11 April 2008

• In Re M.M.W.W. (A Child) [2008] KEHC 3885 (KLR)

  ✦ The application will be allowed, and the applicant MWK is hereby immediately authorized to adopt Baby M.

  [2008] KEHC 3885 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 11 April 2008

• In Re Barii Kibui (Deceased) [2008] KEHC 1733 (KLR)

  ✦ The court grants a temporary injunction to restrain Mwangi from entering the parcel land until the main hearing for revocation of the grant.

  [2008] KEHC 1733 (KLR) High Court of Kenya 10 April 2008