Kenya Builders & Concrete Company Ltd v Mukabana (Suing as administrator of the Estate of the Late Peter Keya Were) (Environment and Land Case 1001 of 2013) [2026] KEELC 4186 (KLR)
The bottom line
#A decade-old court injunction protecting Nairobi land still stands, and police have been ordered to enforce it against trespassers.
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 Plaintiff has met the threshold for grant of an interlocutory injunction restraining the Defendant from trespassing on L.R. No. 7086 (Original No. 6825/1), Mihango
Key legal issues
#Whether the Plaintiff met the Giella v Cassman Brown threshold for an interlocutory injunction against trespass
The application was merited, but since the injunction sought was spent, the court directed compliance with the earlier subsisting injunction orders of 24th October 2014 and ordered police enforcement
The court noted the Plaintiff had previously obtained an injunction through Justice Mutungi's Ruling of 24th October 2014 restraining the Defendant from entering, trespassing upon or demarcating the suit property. That order had not been shown to be set aside. The instant prayer, being limited to pending determination of the application, was spent. The court therefore found the application merited and directed compliance with, and police enforcement of, the 2014 orders.
Legal principles established
#- Where a court has already granted an interlocutory injunction and the orders have not been set aside, the parties must comply with those orders and police may be directed to enforce them
Court orders
#- 1.Parties directed to comply with the Orders issued on 24th October 2014 restraining interference with the suit property
- 2.The OCPD, Embakasi Division or OCS Kayole Police Station directed to enforce the Orders issued on 24th October 2014
- 3.Costs in the cause
The bench
#One judgment of the whole court — no separate or dissenting opinions.
Wrote the judgment
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Original civil jurisdiction over the suit property (L.R. No. 7086 (Original No. 6825/1) Mihango, Embakasi, Nairobi); no specific provision cited in the judgment
Relief refused
#Interlocutory injunction sought pending determination of the instant application
The prayer was framed to operate only pending determination of the application itself and was therefore spent; the court instead directed compliance with the subsisting orders of 24th October 2014
Costs
Costs will be in the cause.
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.
From a perusal of the prayer above, it is clear that the Court had already granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the Defendant from interfering with the suit property pending outcome of the suit. The Defendant has not indicated whether the said Orders were ever set aside.
I find the instant Notice of Motion application merited but since the Orders are already spent, I direct that parties should comply with the Orders issued on the 24th October, 2014, which I have cited above. I further direct that the OCPD, Embakasi Division or OCS Kayole Police Station to enforce the said Orders issued on the 24th October, 2014.
Issues in the judgment
#The judgment refers to orders of non-interference issued on 13th November 2025 and describes the Defendant as having 'extracted' and misconstrued them, but the substance of those orders is not reproduced
Narrative inconsistency: the affidavit states the gang invaded the suit land on 10th December 2025 and 'promised to stage a come-back, which they did on 10th December 2025'
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
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Caselaw, "Kenya Builders & Concrete Company Ltd v Mukabana (Suing as administrator of the Estate of the Late Peter Keya Were) (Environment and Land Case 1001 of 2013) [2026] KEELC 4186 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2026). Not stated in the judgment. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2026/4186/eng@2026-07-07
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