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Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a society's third attempt to stop eviction, ruling the matter was already decided and compensat

Kenya's Employment Court struck out a public interest challenge to a state corporation CEO appointment, ruling such petitions belong in the

A Kenyan court ruled that unpaid wages forced an employee to resign, awarding her nearly Kshs. 1 million from her employer only.

Kenyan courts prioritize finding the truth and achieving justice over strict adherence to procedural timelines.

The Court of Appeal refused to let this land dispute reach the Supreme Court, ruling that private title disagreements are not matters of gen

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that res judicata claims need evidence, so they cannot be raised as preliminary objections to dismi

Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed a death-row inmate to appeal 12 years late, ruling that incarceration hurdles can justify delayed appeals.

The Environment and Land Court dismissed a late-filed land appeal in Nakuru, confirming that missed appeal deadlines and missing allotment d

The Court of Appeal refused Kwale Sugar permission to take its insolvency fight to the Supreme Court, so EPCO's debt claim must first be reh

The court struck out a land claim because an earlier case already decided the same issue, and the claimant must enforce that earlier ruling

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to let the DPP revive the Monson case because a two-year delay was never properly explained.

A Kenyan land court allowed a family member occupying disputed land to join the case as a party, not just a witness, protecting his trust cl

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled that pension disputes can't decide whether someone's job termination was lawful — only the Employment and Labo

A Kenyan landowner's adverse possession claim survived an attempt to strike it out, but the case is paused until an earlier rent dispute ove

Kenya's Court of Appeal reinstated a landowner's lawsuit, ruling that claims of res judicata cannot be decided through preliminary objection

The Embu Land Court ruled that family land in Embu is held under a customary trust, letting eight relatives challenge a widow's registered t

Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled it cannot re-hear a sentence it already decided, dismissing a prisoner's second bid to cut his 40-year term.

A Kenyan court allowed landowners' compulsory acquisition case to proceed because the Land Acquisition Tribunal did not yet exist when they

A Kenyan court refused to let a late newcomer join a land case closed a decade ago, ruling concluded judgments cannot be reopened by parties

The Court of Appeal dismissed a family land dispute appeal, confirming that judicial review applications in Kenya must be filed within six m

An expired Kenyan land lease reverts to public land, and only the county government through the CEC Lands can approve renewal — courts won't

A man claiming to be a deceased landowner's son couldn't join a land case because he had no letters of administration proving his right to t

The Employment and Labour Relations Court in Kisumu dismissed an attempt to tax further legal costs because no court order had ever awarded

The Court of Appeal refused Mainkam's bid to add new evidence in its Kshs.153 million dispute with Multichoice, finding the application an u