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A Kenyan court stopped a lender from selling a borrower's car, finding he may have repaid triple the loan principal.

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that once a hire purchase customer has paid two-thirds of the price, a bank cannot repossess or sell the v

A Kenyan Small Claims Court dismissed a Kshs. 553,000 loan claim because the company failed to prove the money was actually a personal debt.

The Small Claims Court dismissed a Kshs. 363,436 debt claim because the supplier couldn't prove who actually owed the money or that goods we

A claim in Kenya's Small Claims Court doesn't need a verifying affidavit or a date to survive; minor paperwork gaps get fixed, not thrown ou

A Nairobi Small Claims Court struck out a claim because the claimant couldn't prove the respondent was actually served — you must always fil

A Nairobi court awarded Kshs. 80,000 for an unpaid phone trade-in and a PlayStation refund, but refused expenses claimed without receipts.

A Nairobi Small Claims Court dismissed a refund claim because the claimant couldn't prove, with proper evidence, exactly how much money reac

An Eldoret court ordered an employment placement agency to refund Ksh 250,000 because it could not prove how a jobseeker's money was spent.

A Kenyan Small Claims Court awarded a lender Kshs. 200,000 but refused to enforce a 90% annual interest rate as excessive and unconscionable

A Nairobi court threw out a digital lender's Kshs. 162,297 loan claim because the lender wasn't licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya.

A Nairobi court ordered a vehicle hire business to refund most of a customer's money after renting out an unsuitable car, awarding Kshs. 57,

Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed a vehicle owner's appeal against a bank, confirming unproven damages claims and new arguments fail on appe

A Kenyan court enforced a mobile loan's principal but threw out 36%-a-month interest charges as unconscionable, awarding modest interest ins

A Nairobi court threw out a Kshs. 1 million loan claim because the lender was not licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya.

A Nairobi Small Claims Court dismissed a Kshs. 458,600 debt claim because handwritten notes alone, without corroborating evidence, could not

A Mombasa court ordered a borrower to repay Kshs 414,992 of a loan but refused the lender's Kshs 545,000 bank charges claim for lack of proo

A Narok farmer who lost Kshs. 990,000 over defective potato seeds lost her case because she sued the wrong parties; the actual merchant behi

A Mombasa court ruled a lender's tuktuk repossession illegal because it never properly served the borrower with notice of default, ordering

A Kenyan court cut a lender's Kshs. 170,000 claim to Kshs. 37,000 because its 5% monthly interest was unfairly excessive.