Kenyan case law

In re Estate of John Murage Nathan Gatheru (Deceased) (Succession Cause 2598 of 2008) [2025] KEHC 16452 (KLR) (Family) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The confirmation of grant of letters of administration to Allan Njuki Murage and William Mwema Murage is hereby revoked.

In re Estate of Maritim Arap Bwogo (Deceased) (Succession Cause E085 of 2024) [2025] KEKC 30 (KLR) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

In re Estate of Mwaniki Kibara (Deceased) (Succession Cause E010 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 15591 (KLR) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court dismisses the citation and there shall be no orders as to costs.

In re Estate of Francis Mugambi (Deceased) (Succession Cause 522 of 2012) [2025] KEHC 15211 (KLR) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The appeal is dismissed, with the exception of the order that the matrimonial home at LR no Abogeta/Lower Chure/1167 be retained by the Respondent.

In re Estate of Daniel Kariuki Mwaura (Deceased) (Succession Cause E396 of 2022) [2025] KEHC 17260 (KLR) (Family) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application for rectification of the grant is allowed, and the grant will be rectified according to the prayer in the Summons.

In re Estate of Mohamed Bin Seif El Busaidi (Deceased) and KMBBS and ABMBS (Minors) (Succession Cause 1 of 1936) [2025] KEHC 15101 (KLR) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court determined that the application was not a representative application and allowed the withdrawal of the application.

In re Estate of Sammy Waithaka Ngugi (Deceased) (Succession Cause E002 of 2020) [2025] KEHC 15599 (KLR) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ Application dismissed

In re Estate of Antony Gakuya Waweru alias Gakuya Waweru (Deceased) (Succession Cause 1862 of 2010) [2025] KEHC 16453 (KLR) (Family) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ Partial conrmation of grant will be adopted as an order of the court

In re Estate of Stephen Gichuru Magambo (Deceased) (Succession Cause E1706 of 2021) [2025] KEHC 16592 (KLR) (Family) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application should not have been filed and the court has the inherent power to make orders for the ends of justice.

In re Estate of the Late Aluasa Lugaho (Deceased) (Succession Cause 21 of 2022) [2025] KEHC 15334 (KLR) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court directs the parties to commission a survey of the two land parcels to determine the location of the Objector's home and to await the survey report before determining the mode of distribution.

In re Estate of Narshi Punja Lakhtir Shah (Deceased) (Succession Cause 2502 of 2010) [2025] KEHC 16584 (KLR) (Family) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court has jurisdiction to review the grant and certificate of confirmation of grant, and the applicants can seek a review of the grant and certificate of confirmation of grant.

In re Estate of the Late of William Kilovelo (Deceased) (Succession Cause 27 of 2018) [2025] KEHC 15340 (KLR) (28 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application to cease acting for the Administrators is refused. The funds paid out of the deceased's account are ordered to be returned to the account.

In re Estate of Jacob Nandieki Lukonyi (Deceased) (Succession Cause 296 of 2011) [2025] KEHC 15297 (KLR) (27 October 2025) (Ruling)

In re Estate of Charles Etyang Ichani (Deceased) (Succession Appeal 1 of 2014) [2025] KEHC 15245 (KLR) (27 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The 2024 confirmation application is allowed, and the estate is distributed as proposed

Sikuku & 2 others v West Kenya Co Ltd (Succession Cause 5 of 2010) [2025] KEHC 15766 (KLR) (27 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court nds merit in the petitioners’ application and nds that the respondent engaged in intermeddling by making payments to a third party without a grant of representation.

In re Estate of Joseph Emongura Otiengi (Deceased) (Succession Cause 80 of 2003) [2025] KEHC 15296 (KLR) (27 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court allowed the application, dated 19th December 2024, and ordered that the papers be served on Rose Amunyet Oketch.

In re Estate of Joseph Kipkorir Kasitet (Deceased) (Succession Cause 142 of 2008) [2025] KEHC 15164 (KLR) (27 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court finds that the applicant's claim lacks merit and dismisses her application for revocation of the grant of letters of administration.

In re Estate of Margaret Gathoni Ngugi (Deceased) (Succession Cause E005 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 15580 (KLR) (27 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court orders that the citor should take out a petition for letters of administration intestate of the estate of their late mother.

In re Estate of Anna Wakarima Wachira (Deceased) (Succession Cause E159 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 15043 (KLR) (24 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The court will only allow additional evidence on a case-by-case basis and sparingly with abundant caution.

In re Estate of Raphael Omondi Opuodho (Deceased) (Succession Cause 300 of 2005) [2025] KEHC 14952 (KLR) (24 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The respondent's applications are dismissed with costs, and the nullification order issued by the Family Court is upheld.

In re Estate of Washington Ogola Owiti (Deceased) (Miscellaneous Succession Application E031 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 14934 (KLR) (24 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The Court finds that Washington Ogola Owiti and Ogola Owiti are one and the same person, and the respondent followed the correct process in obtaining Letters of Administration Intestate. The grant to the applicant is hereby revoked.

In re Estate of Charles Kairu Njuguna alias Njuguna Charles Kairu alias Charles K. Njuguna (Deceased) (Succession Cause E008 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 14944 (KLR) (24 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The application for exhumation is dismissed as premature.

In re Estate of George Thuo Njuguna - Deceased (Succession Cause 825 of 2011) [2025] KEHC 14971 (KLR) (Family) (24 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ The will is not valid due to the lack of an original document and the inconsistencies in the evidence.

In re Estate of Ramzan Noor Kibarabara (Deceased) (Succession Cause E380 of 2021) [2025] KEHC 14748 (KLR) (Family) (23 October 2025) (Judgment)

✦ The grants should be revoked due to the failure to disclose the deceased's other children and dependants in the application for grant of administration.

In re Estate of Gerald Musau Kilili (Deceased) (Succession Appeal E003 of 2023) [2025] KEHC 15189 (KLR) (23 October 2025) (Ruling)

✦ Respondents found in contempt of court orders and committed to civil jail for 30 days, suspended for 14 days to allow them to purge the contempt.