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A woman who openly lived on and farmed Ruiru land for nearly 40 years won ownership through adverse possession, even though the title was in

A Kenyan landowner who missed his appeal deadline due to depression got more time, and his eviction was stopped pending the appeal.

A Makueni landowner won extra time to appeal, plus orders freezing land subdivision and title issuance until his appeal is heard.

A Makueni landowner won extra time to appeal, a freeze on execution, and a bar on new land titles while his appeal is heard.

A Siaya court let a late land appeal proceed despite a weak excuse, prioritising the right to be heard over strict deadlines.

A Mombasa court allowed a landowner to add the property's new registered owner, the Land Registrar and the Attorney General to her ownership

A Nairobi court has frozen all dealings with two Kariokor properties after a son claimed they belonged to his late parents, protecting them

A Kenyan court ordered land sellers who took full payment but never transferred the land to refund everything, pay extra damages, and stop s

A Kenyan court ordered Belgo Holdings to refund over Kshs.32 million because the appeal that triggered the payment was later overturned.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that a preliminary objection cannot be used to decide disputed facts about land ownership, reviving

A Kenyan court ruled that someone who openly occupies and farms land for over 12 years without the owner's objection can legally become its

The Environment and Land Court in Meru froze all dealings on a disputed parcel, protecting a family claiming decades-long adverse possession

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed it can extend deadlines for land adjudication appeals, and froze a disputed boundary decision u

A Kenyan court stopped an eviction pending appeal because removing families from the land would make the appeal pointless, but only if they

A Nairobi court ordered police to arrest two senior county officials who ignored a judgment, showing Kenyan courts will jail officials who r

Kenya's Environment and Land Court cancelled a church group's title to a school playing field, ruling land reserved for public use can never

Kenya's Environment and Land Court allowed a company to appeal a rent tribunal decision months late, ruling that a reasonable explanation ma

A Kilgoris court stopped the sale and demolition of a family's land of 30 years, ruling that possession plus an allotment letter was enough

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that owning land alone doesn't prove trespass—you must show the intruding structure is actually on

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed that a full-paying auction buyer can get a property title transferred even when the original ow

A Kenyan land court allowed buyers who had lived on and registered disputed parcels to join the case so their ownership can be heard directl

Kenya's Environment and Land Court allowed a late land appeal because missing court records, not neglect, caused the delay.

A Kenyan court cancelled a land title obtained through double allocation, confirming that a title certificate alone does not prove lawful ow

A Nakuru land court paused a compensation case because the same land dispute is already on appeal, and allowed the auctioneer to be added to