Kenyan case law

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.

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.

Khalif v Principal Secretary Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning & 4 others; National Land Commission & another (Interested Parties) (Petition 479 of 2017) [2025] KEHC 13714 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (23 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court determined that the issues raised in the petition had been determined with finality in the advisory opinion and previous petitions, rendering the petition res judicata.

Mbindyo v Land Registrar, Machakos & 4 others (Environment and Land Constitutional Petition E005 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6239 (KLR) (23 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The Court dismisses the petition as it is not merited and the Petitioner did not comply with the first step and second exception to the doctrine of constitutional avoidance.

Legal Advice Centre t/a Kituo Cha Sheria v Cabinet Secretary Energy& Petroleum & 2 others (Petition E501 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 13715 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (23 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court found that the government had not failed to take reasonable steps to contain fuel prices and had not violated social and economic rights.

Hillo Artisernary Miners Cooperative Society Limited (Suing through their Registered Officials (Abdi Katelo Godana, Kotola Qalicha & Shoba Roba Mudho) v Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration & 2 others (Constitutional Petition E004 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 13050 (KLR) (23 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The petitioners have not proved that the Respondents have violated any of their rights.

Terer v The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority & 3 others; Kenya Alliance Insurance Company Limited & 2 others (Interested Parties) (Constitutional Petition E002 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 13116 (KLR) (23 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ Petition is allowed, declarations and orders issued

Elondanga & 4 others v DCC Navakholo Subcounty & 3 others; Barasa (Interested Party) (Constitutional Petition E008 of 2025) [2025] KEELRC 2552 (KLR) (22 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The preliminary objection by the interested party has no merits and is hereby denied and dismissed.

Sharifow v Agriculture and Food Authority; Habco Agencies Limited & another (Interested Parties) (Petition E072 of 2022) [2025] KEHC 13177 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (19 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Petition is struck out with costs to the Respondents.

Kantai v Judicial Service Commission; Director of Public Prosecutions & 4 others (Interested Parties) (Petition E543 of 2021) [2025] KEHC 15077 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (19 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court granted the petitioner's request to stop the respondent from processing the petitions pending the determination of petition E334 of 2021.

Ongadi & 8 others (Suing on Their Own Behalf, on Behalf of Luo Council of Elders, on Behalf of the Elders and other Residents of Siaya, Kisumu, Homabay, Migori Counties, and in Public Interest) v James Aggrey Bob Orengo Governor of Siaya County & 7 others (Constitutional Petition E002 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 12857 (KLR) (19 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The Petition dated 29th June 2023 and amended on 3rd July 2023, the Notice of Motion dated 20th December 2023 and the notice of motion dated 20th January 2024 are premature and lack merit and are dismissed with no order as to costs for lack of Court’s jurisdiction and oending the doctrine of exhaustion of remedies.

Karani v Chief Magistrate, Milimani Law Courts & another; Wairimu (Interested Party) (Petition E518 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 13222 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (19 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Petition is struck out with costs to the Interested Party

Khairati Girls Muslim Academy Malindi v Sub-County Director of Education Malindi Sub-County & 2 others (Constitutional Petition E003 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 12938 (KLR) (19 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ Petition is incompetent and struck out

Mweresa v County Government of Vihiga & another (Constitutional Petition E003 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 12845 (KLR) (18 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Petitioner's Petition is struck out for want of jurisdiction.

Luka v Maasai Mara University & 7 others (Constitutional Petition E014 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 12772 (KLR) (18 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The Petition as framed meets the constitutional threshold on competence, and the Petitioner has locus standi to institute the proceedings in the public interest. However, the Petitioner has not adduced cogent evidence to establish the alleged acts of corruption, maladministration, nepotism, or abuse of office by the 1st to 3rd Respondents. The 4th to 8th Respondents have not been shown to have abdicated their constitutional and statutory mandates; rather, some of the complaints remain under active investigation while others fall within specialized statutory forums. Consequently, the substantive reliefs sought in the Petition cannot issue.

Okoiti v Judicial Service Commission & another; Kiprotich & 6 others (Interested Parties) (Petition E377 of 2022) [2025] KEHC 12705 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (18 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ It is unconstitutional to demand specific quotas be created in the Court of Appeal to be filled by judges from special courts in recruitment of judges of that court.

Mwanthi & 17 others v Speaker, County Assembly of Machakos & 3 others (Constitutional Petition E024 & E018 of 2025 (Consolidated)) [2025] KEHC 14412 (KLR) (18 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Preliminary Objections are not merited as the applicable statutes do not oust the court's jurisdiction, and the Petition is not res judicata.

Mweresa v County Government of Vihiga & another (Constitutional Petition E003 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 12847 (KLR) (18 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Petitioner's Notice of Motion application dated 24th February 2025 and filed on 25th February 2025 was not merited and the same be and is hereby dismissed.

Tarus & 51 others v Attorney General & 4 others; Kebene & 16 others (Interested Parties) (Constitutional Petition 8 of 2020) [2025] KEELC 6104 (KLR) (18 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The 5th Respondent's Application is struck out due to lack of locus standi. The court joins interested parties and grants a stay of execution.

Ng’ang’a & 11 others v Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Land & Public Works, Housing and Urban Development & another (Petition E459 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 13143 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (18 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Petition is struck out and the Preliminary Objection is upheld

Lotwari v Director of Public Prosecutions & 2 others; Waweru (Interested Party) (Petition E450 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 12739 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (18 September 2025) (Judgment)

Koskei v Lipton Tea and Infusion Kenya Plc & 2 others (Environment and Land Constitutional Petition E001 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 6034 (KLR) (18 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Petitioner/Applicant's application is dismissed with costs to the Respondents.

Katiba Institute & 4 others v Attorney-General & 3 others; Inuka Kenya ni Sisi & another (Interested Parties) (Petition E234 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 12779 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (18 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Petitioners’ claims are not ripe for judicial review due to the doctrine of exhaustion of remedies and separation of powers.

Harun v Law Society of Kenya & 2 others; Mulaya (Interested Party) (Petition 485 of 2019) [2025] KEHC 12706 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (18 September 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court ruled that the issues raised by the Petitioner are not matters for the constitutional court and that the court cannot exercise jurisdiction to grant a stay of proceedings.

Salaries and Remuneration Commission v County Assembly of Kakamega & another; Attorney General & 3 others (Interested Parties) (Constitutional Petition 1 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 13534 (KLR) (18 September 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The court found that the impugned Act established a pension scheme for state officers, which contravened Article 230(4)(a) of the Constitution.