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Kenya's High Court cancelled the recruitment of Vice Chancellors at Garissa and Laikipia universities because the process was not transparen

Kenya's Employment Court ruled a union can sue an employer over pay cuts without a recognition agreement, and dismissed the university's att

A case filed in the wrong Kenyan court cannot simply be moved to the right one — the wrong court must first declare it invalid.

A Kenyan employment court refused to review its judgment, ruling that losing a stay application and changing lawyers are not reasons to reop

A Kenyan court ruled that suspending an employee indefinitely without pay is unfair—employers must finish investigations within 30 days and

A Kenyan security guard won over Ksh.330,000 after his employer failed to justify his dismissal or pay wages set by law.

The Employment Court in Nairobi ruled that an employer who waits too long to invoke an arbitration clause loses the right to delay an employ

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a worker's bid for Ksh.7 million in salary arrears because settlement emails were negotiations, not an ad

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that only the Chief Justice can suspend Judiciary staff, voiding the Chief Registrar's suspension and orderin

Kenya's Employment Court ruled one bank employee's dismissal unfair because her employer couldn't prove she did anything wrong, awarding six

A Kenyan court found a Principal Secretary guilty of ignoring a court order, but chose not to jail her, urging the parties to settle instead

A Kenyan court allowed an employer to pause execution of an unfair termination award because the money was already deposited in court as sec

Kenya's Employment Court upheld a summary dismissal where an employee refused to return a company vehicle, confirming employees must prove u

A Kenyan employment court dismissed a former soldier's attempt to have his lost case reconsidered, confirming that disagreements with a judg

A Kenyan civil servant wrongly dismissed after a six-year disciplinary saga won reinstatement because his employer couldn't prove its case o

Kenya's Employment Court set aside an ex parte judgment because the employer missed the hearing through her lawyer's clerical mistake, not d

Kenya's employment court ruled KEMRI violated an employee's rights by taking two years to resolve a misconduct complaint and withholding the

A Kenyan court suspended KNUT's attempt to replace its Mumias branch executive secretary, ruling the removal must follow union rules requiri

A Kenyan court refused to change a Kshs. 1 award in an employment case because the original judgment was clear and no proper review ground e

The Employment Court refused to increase a Kshs. 1 award, confirming that disagreeing with a judge's decision is not a valid ground for revi

Kenya's High Court confirmed that once auctioneers' costs are taxed and certified, the paying party must settle them—and can face judgment f

A Kenyan employment court let a winning party fix a procedural slip rather than lose their judgment, and confirmed interest at 6% applies ev

A Kenyan court ruled that an employee who resigned voluntarily cannot later claim constructive dismissal without proving the employer broke

A Kenyan court upheld dismissal of a deaf employee who reported to work drunk, because the employer followed fair disciplinary procedure and