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Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a pastor's 15-year defilement sentence, confirming that second appeals only question legal errors, not facts.

The Environment and Land Court at Makueni dismissed a family's property petition because a private land dispute dressed up as a constitution

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a landowner's petition because his Tribunal award was void and his petition was poorly pleaded.

The Environment and Land Court in Thika dismissed 13 landowners' attempt to use a constitutional petition to restore cancelled titles, telli

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that Scottish orders cannot stop Kenyan workers or courts, and employee data cannot be sent abroad without th

The Environment and Land Court dismissed both applications because they were too vague and disorganised to show any rights violation or clea

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a founding pastor's challenge to his retirement because he named no violated constitutional right and ski

Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed a life-sentence defilement appeal, confirming that constitutional complaints must be clearly detailed and

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a defilement conviction but cut a mandatory life sentence to 30 years, ruling mandatory sentences wrongly tie

A Kenyan court confirmed you can enforce your rights through a constitutional petition at any time, and opponents cannot dismiss your case o

The Employment Court struck out a worker's constitutional petition because ordinary Employment Act remedies cannot be dressed up as constitu

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a retrenchment benefits petition because employment disputes belong under the Employment Act, and claims

Kenya's Employment Court dismissed a pension petition because it was filed years too late, repeated an already-decided case, and bypassed th

A Kenyan land dispute petition survived, but only just: listing constitutional rights without showing exactly how they were violated doesn't

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a resignation forced by a hostile workplace counts as unfair dismissal, awarding the employee nearly Ksh

A retired police officer's discrimination claim failed because his constitutional petition was too vague, not because his claim lacked merit

Kenya's employment court quashed a police officer's transfer, ruling frequent, unexplained station changes can amount to unconstitutional wo

A Kenyan court cancelled a chief's appointment because the government skipped public participation and ignored the top-ranked candidate.

The High Court ruled the Auditor-General recruitment report must go to Parliament, but the Selection Panel could legally restart the hiring

A Kenyan court quashed a county's stop-work notice and awarded damages because the landowner was never heard and approval was deemed granted

A Kenyan court refused to enforce an unwritten training bond, ruling employers must have signed agreements and solid proof of losses before

A public interest challenge to the extended tenure of Meru County Assembly's Clerk failed because the petitioner couldn't prove the clerk la

The Employment and Labour Relations Court dismissed an employee's constitutional petition because citing constitutional articles without fac

Kenya's Environment and Land Court protected a registered landowner, blocking officials from cancelling his Mombasa title until the full cas