Kariuki c/o Mukuiya – Ngotho Associates Advocates v Biaru & another (Environment and Land Case E108 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 986 (KLR)
The bottom line
#A Kajiado land court ordered an official surveyor to physically verify which parcel was leased, showing surveys can decisively resolve boundary disputes.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Questions the Court framed
#The issues the Court set itself to decide, in its own words.
- 1.Whether the intervention of the District Surveyor and the Land Registrar is necessary to identify the parcels Kajiado/Olchoro-Onyore/3448, 3449 and 40824 and establish whether what the 2nd Defendant leased to the 1st Defendant forms part of the Plaintiff's land
Key legal issues
#Need for a site visit and surveyor's report to resolve a boundary/identity dispute over leased land
The court agreed with the parties that the District Surveyor's intervention is necessary to point out the disputed parcels and determine whether the property leased to the 1st Defendant forms part of the Plaintiff's land
The Plaintiff alleges the 2nd Defendant leased the Plaintiff's parcels (3448 and 3449) to the 1st Defendant, while the 2nd Defendant maintains he leased only parcel 40824. The court found that a survey establishing the ground position of the three parcels would essentially settle the dispute, and therefore directed a site visit and a report within sixty days, with survey costs borne jointly by the Plaintiff and 2nd Defendant.
Legal principles established
#- Where a land dispute turns on the identity and boundaries of parcels, the court may direct the District Surveyor to establish the position on the ground and file a report, which may essentially settle the dispute
Court orders
#- 1.The District Land Surveyor, Kajiado West, to visit the site in the presence of the parties and/or their surveyors, establish the situation on the ground and file a report in court within sixty (60) days
- 2.The Plaintiff and the 2nd Defendant to meet the costs of the survey exercise jointly
The bench
#One judgment of the whole court — no separate or dissenting opinions.
Wrote the judgment
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Original civil jurisdiction over a land dispute (pleadings between plaintiff and defendants); no specific constitutional or statutory provision cited in the judgment text supplied
Quotable passages
#Verbatim from the judgment, each located to the page it appears on in the official PDF — so these can be cited and checked directly.
The court therefore directs the District Land Surveyor, Kajiado West, to visit the site in the presence of the parties and or their surveyors and establish the situation on the ground and file a report in this court in the next sixty (60) days from today’s date.
The parties (Plaintifi and 2nd Defendant) shall meet the costs of the survey exercise jointly.
Issues in the judgment
#Case title, case number and neutral citation are not stated anywhere in the judgment text supplied
The judgment refers to the Land Registrar being involved by the parties but the operative direction only names the District Land Surveyor
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Kariuki c/o Mukuiya – Ngotho Associates Advocates v Biaru & another (Environment and Land Case E108 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 986 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2026). Not stated in the judgment text supplied. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2026/986/eng@2026-02-19
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