Kenyan case law

Njagi & 2 others v Attorney General & 7 others (Constitutional Petition 5 of 2019) [2025] KEELC 6585 (KLR) (2 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court finds that the petitioners were denied an opportunity to be heard and their rights under Articles 40 and 47 of the Constitution were violated.

Kiptoo & 3 others v County Assembly Elgeyo Marakwet; Kibire (Interested Party) (Constitutional Petition E009 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 13897 (KLR) (2 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The petition meets the threshold for a constitutional petition and the election of a speaker is not an election dispute. The process of election of the speaker was not unconstitutional.

Muli v ODPP Makueni & another (Constitutional Petition E014 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 14482 (KLR) (2 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ Non-custodial options under the Probation of Offenders Act and the Community Service Orders Act apply only at sentencing, not post-appeal. The High Court's supervisory jurisdiction cannot be used to decongest prisoners whose sentences are judicially affirmed. The Power of Mercy Committee is the exclusive legal forum for sentence remission or pardon after the judicial appeal process.

Legal Advice Centre t/a Kituo Cha Sheria & another v Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Interior and National Administration & 2 others; Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (Interested Party); Katiba Institute (Intended Interested Party); Global Strategic Litigation Council for Refugee Rights (Proposed Amicus Curiae) (Petition E046 of 2022) [2025] KEHC 13604 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (2 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court will determine whether the Intended Interested Party and the Proposed Amicus Curiae should be allowed to join the suit and whether the Petitioners' Application for empanelment of a bench has met the requisite threshold.

Kangogo & another v Attorney General & 4 others (Constitutional Petition E002 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 13930 (KLR) (2 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court did not find the application for conservatory orders meritorious and denied the application.

Mohamed & another v Agriculture & Food Authority (AFA) & 7 others; Mali Safi Commodities Limited & 16 others (Interested Parties) (Constitutional Petition E037 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 13616 (KLR) (1 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court allows the petitioners' application to withdraw their notice of motion and dismisses the application to lift the conservatory orders.

Kanchory v Service & 3 others; Law Society of Kenya & another (Interested Parties) (Petition E009 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 13792 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)

Golden Fields Association (Through its Members) & 36 others v County Government of Kajiado & 4 others (Constitutional Petition E001 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6595 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court orders that the Law Society of Kenya be and is hereby enjoined as an Interested Party in these proceedings and is granted leave to file and serve such documents, submissions, and materials as it may deem necessary for the just determination of this matter within twenty (21) days from the date of this ruling.

Mwaniki v Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH) & 3 others (Petition E053 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 13798 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The petition is declined and dismissed.

Mwaura (Petitioning as the Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Development and Infrastructure Committee of Golf View Estate Residents Association) v County Government of Murang’a & 2 others (Environment and Land Constitutional Petition E003 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6556 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Petitioners should be exempted from the doctrine of exhaustion as regards to the compliance with the PLUPA and the EMCA.

Nyongesa v Engineers Board of Kenya (Constitutional Petition E002 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 13882 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The preliminary objection is allowed and the petitioner's application is hereby struck

Kamau v Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Constitutional Petition E006 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 13769 (KLR) (30 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court orders the Deputy Registrar to provide copies of the trial court's proceedings and judgment.

Epagan & another v Director of Public Prosecutions & another; Amailo Investment Company Limited (Interested Party) (Petition E518 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 13779 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (30 September 2025) (Judgment)

Mahadi Energy Limited & another v Premier Bank Limited (Previously trading as First Community Bank Limited) & 6 others (Constitutional Petition E066 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 19582 (KLR) (29 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The petitioners/applicants have not discharged the evidentiary burden to the required standard, and the 1st respondent officials are not in contempt of the court orders.

Olang & 18 others v Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency Limited & 7 others (Constitutional Petition E022 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 6533 (KLR) (29 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court found that the respondents violated the petitioners' constitutional rights and ordered the respondents to cease the construction of the wastewater treatment plant.

Wamalwa & another v Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education & 12 others (Constitutional Petition E011 of 2024 & Petition E009 of 2024 (Consolidated)) [2025] KEELRC 2615 (KLR) (26 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ Petition No. E011 of 2024 is dismissed for being incompetent and incurably and fatally defective.

Kalii & 2 others (Suing as Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of Mamukii Society) on Behalf of 2500 Society Members Squatters And Evicteees From Makala Farm LR No 1748) v National Land Commission & 4 others (Environment and Land Constitutional Petition E004 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 6683 (KLR) (26 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court has jurisdiction to hear and determine claims based on historical land injustice.

Dewdrop Enterprises Limited v Muthami & another (Petition 399 of 2018) [2025] KEHC 13747 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (26 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application for stay of execution pending appeals is dismissed with costs to the 1st respondent.

Mokua v Central Kenya Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist & another; Nairobi Cosmopolitan Conference Limited (Interested Party) (Petition E252 of 2021) [2025] KEHC 13176 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (25 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The Court found the Petition to be a constitutional petition and proceeded to determine the issues.

Mwatsuma & 4 others (Suing in Their Capacity as the Bona Fide Occupants and Owners of Land No 368/11 /Mn, 370/11/Mn and 367/11/Mn Utange Mombasa) v Karama & 12 others (Constitutional Petition E004 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6192 (KLR) (25 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court finds merit in the motions to strike out the petition and dismisses it.

GKJ & another v Registered Trustees of the Shree Cutch Satsang Swamminayaran Temple Trust & another (Petition E134 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 13142 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (25 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The Court found that the Respondents did not violate the Petitioners' rights under Articles 19, 20, 28, 43, and 47 of the Constitution, and thus denied the Petitioners' claims.

Kenya Union of Domestic Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA) & 4 others v Management of Tea Hotel & 3 others; Onsongo t/a Hegeons Auctioneers (Interested Party) (Environment and Land Constitutional Petition E003 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 6208 (KLR) (25 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 10th and 11th Respondents' preliminary objection lacks merit and is dismissed.

Nthia v Kenyatta University (Petition E093 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 13220 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (25 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ Respondent's Preliminary Objection is misconceived and disallowed

Council of County Governors v Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority & 2 others; Senate (Interested Party) (Petition E413 of 2022) [2025] KEHC 13141 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (25 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court grants the application for extension of time to appeal and stays the execution of the judgment pending the appeal.

Abdalla & 6 others v Khansa Developers Limited & 3 others (Constitutional Petition 16 of 2022) [2025] KEELC 6219 (KLR) (25 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ A temporary injunction is issued restraining the 1st and 2nd Respondents from proceeding with any further developments on the parcel of land until full compliance with the conditions set out by the court.