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Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled you don't need special permission to appeal constitutional issues to the Supreme Court—you can go automaticall

A Mombasa court declared that a man who openly occupied a plot since 1980 now owns it, because the registered owner did nothing for over 12

A Kenyan court declared that a man who occupied land since 1970 became its legal owner through adverse possession, cancelling the registered

A Nyeri court dismissed a family's adverse possession claim because the landowner had actively asserted his rights, breaking their continuou

A man who lived on land for 37 years won ownership through adverse possession, even though the registered owner's estate held the title.

A Kenyan court handed land ownership to long-term occupants who proved 12+ years of open, uninterrupted occupation after the registered owne

A Kenyan court declared two brothers owners of Kilimi land they openly occupied for over 60 years, proving adverse possession can defeat a r

A Vihiga court dismissed an adverse possession claim because the claimant sued people without legal authority over the deceased owner's land

A Migori court handed a family the land they had lived on since 1976, proving that in Kenya, 12 years of open, undisputed occupation can bec

A Kisumu court ruled that 42 years of open, peaceful occupation of land transferred ownership to the occupier, cancelling the registered own

A woman who lived on and farmed Murang'a land since 1968 won ownership after the court found 12 years of open, unchallenged possession had e

A Kenyan land buyer lost his adverse possession claim because he could not prove he had fully paid the purchase price, showing documentation

The Kisumu Environment and Land Court dismissed an adverse possession claim because the landowner was never shown to have known about the oc

A Kenyan court declared a man who openly occupied land since 1982 its rightful owner, extinguishing the registered owner's title through adv

The Environment and Land Court dismissed 107 people's adverse possession claim over Malindi land and ordered them evicted within three month

A Kenyan court handed a Ruiru plot to a man who openly occupied it for 17 years, ruling the registered owner's title was extinguished after

A Kenyan court ruled that 23 years of open, peaceful occupation extinguished a landowner's title, transferring the parcel to the person who

The Eldoret Environment and Land Court dismissed a land buyer's adverse possession claim because he could not prove actual entry, open occup

A Kenyan court handed a family the land they had lived on for over 40 years, ruling the registered owner's title was extinguished by adverse

A Kenyan land court ruled that living on someone's land for years doesn't make it yours unless you can prove 12 years of open, unpermitted o

A Nairobi court confirmed that 12+ years of open, uninterrupted occupation can legally transfer land ownership from a registered owner to th

The court dismissed an adverse possession claim because the 12-year legal deadline had not passed, and instead ordered the claimant evicted

A Kenyan court gave a land buyer four acres by adverse possession after 30 years, even though the original 1991 sale agreement was legally d