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A Kenyan land court ordered that an occupant cannot be evicted from his plot until his petition is fully heard and decided.

The Embu Environment and Land Court dismissed a woman's claim to half of a man's land because she could not prove they were ever married.

A Kenyan court stopped quarrying and construction on Isiolo land worth disputing, showing properly served parties can win orders even when o

Kenya's Environment and Land Court quashed NEMA's prosecution of a factory owner, ruling the regulator pursued charges even though required

A mother who claimed her son held family land in trust for his siblings lost because she couldn't prove the trust in court.

A Kenyan court struck out a claim to recover school land because it was filed just one month past the twelve-year legal deadline.

A Kenyan court refused to undo a land compensation settlement, confirming that agreed consent judgments bind parties just like a signed cont

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a defendant's attempt to strike out a land dispute and granted the worshippers an injunction li

A Kenyan court refused a nine-year-late appeal because the medical evidence didn't match the applicant, and removed a restriction blocking t

A Kenyan court confirmed that a registered landowner with a valid certificate can get a court order blocking trespassers and forcing police

A Kenyan court cancelled a rival's land title because a tribunal had no power to decide who owned the land in the first place.

Kenya's High Court ruled the plot size in the title documents governs; the buyer who broke the sale contract had to pay the agreed penalty d

Kenya's Environment and Land Court, not the Co-operative Tribunal, decides disputes where co-operative society land titles are challenged as

A Kenyan court stopped a husband from collecting rent on shared property because he never denied signing a 2007 rent-sharing agreement with

Kenya's High Court reinstated a lawsuit dismissed after the plaintiff missed a hearing due to illness, confirming mistakes shouldn't deny an

A Kenyan court reinstated a plaintiff's dismissed land suit, ruling that a lawyer's mistake shouldn't punish the client, though she must pay

The court refused to return a land case to the High Court because it was already awaiting judgment in the lower court and no valid reason wa

The Environment and Land Court in Eldoret refused to stop a private sewer project because the residents brought no documents proving they li

The Environment and Land Court in Kisumu struck out a landowner's constitutional petition, ruling that ordinary land disputes belong in regu

A Siaya court confirmed that owning land title does not automatically stop a family member from being buried there.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to change a negotiated consent order, confirming such orders bind parties unless they prove fraud

A Kenyan family lost their land claim against Siaya County Council because they filed too late, proved no fraud, and occupied public land.

The Environment and Land Court dismissed a landowner's appeal, confirming that a registered proprietor can ask the court to lift a caution w