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The Environment and Land Court dismissed a petition claiming Nairobi's Sky Park Building sits on a public road reserve because the petitione
The High Court quashed Kajiado officials' decision to take away a landowner's plot because the process was unfair, undocumented, and gave no
A Makueni court has temporarily blocked the National Land Commission from implementing recommendations that would have forced a landowner to
A Kenyan court confirmed that plot cards and allotment letters are not proof of land ownership, dismissing the appeal with costs.
Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a railway land petition because its issues had already been decided in an earlier case.
The Environment and Land Court dismissed a family's bid to stop Homa Bay ward offices being built on their land, because no expert survey pr
Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed Sengwer community appellants to add a 2025 land commission decision as new evidence in their Embobut Forest
The Environment and Land Court confirmed that land surrendered for a public market cannot be privately resold, and a buyer from someone with
The Environment and Land Court in Kisii refused to stop construction of Nyambera Modern Market, finding the land buyer's loss could be paid
Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a landowner's trespass suit, ruling that land reserved for Wilson Airport could never be validl
Kenya's Environment and Land Court reinstated a dismissed village land suit, but only after the residents pay Kshs. 250,000 in thrown-away c
Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a Kshs. 7 million defamation award against Royal Media Services, confirming media houses cannot escape defama
Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that a land buyer who pays in full and moves in can legally own the land after 12 years, even without a ti
Kenya's Court of Appeal voided a Ksh 2.4 billion land judgment because the High Court lacked jurisdiction over the land dispute after Novemb
Kenya's Court of Appeal allowed the bank to sell charged land because only the spouse living in the matrimonial home needed to consent.
A Mombasa court allowed a landowner to add government officials and companies to a long-running land case, showing remitted cases can gain n
A Kenyan court paused a sacked KWS officer's case, ruling he must first appeal to the Public Service Commission before going to court.
A Mombasa court halted construction of 18-storey apartment towers because the developer skipped mandatory public participation and planning
KeNHA lost its bid to introduce new documents in its land compensation appeal because the ownership dispute they concerned had already been
A Garissa court blocked any sale or development of disputed public land pending trial, ruling that a title deed alone cannot defeat a challe
A Kenyan landowner won protection over disputed Kajiado land but failed to jail the alleged violator because contempt must be personally pro
A Kajiado court allowed a land case to proceed against a defendant who cannot be found, by serving him through a newspaper advertisement.
Kenya's anti-corruption agency lost its bid to reclaim Isiolo land for a prison because it could not prove the land was ever reserved.