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The Environment and Land Court dismissed Northview Estate residents' bid to stop apartment construction in Utawala, ruling their association

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled that access to public parks is a constitutional right and ordered Central Park reopened immediately

A Kenyan court halted an EPZ project because the government started construction without consulting residents or completing an environmental

A Nairobi landowner proved he owns his title but failed to prove any state agency actually threatened to demolish his property, so his petit

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled you cannot be forced to exhaust an appeal route that doesn't exist yet, so the quarry dispute proce

The Environment and Land Court struck out Syokimau residents' suit against a neighbour's development because they skipped mandatory planning

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a petition challenging a Kenya Forest Service timber tender, ruling procurement disputes belon

The Homa Bay Environment and Land Court let a licensed ceramics company keep mining, ruling residents lacked evidence to justify halting ope

Kenya's Environment & Land Court dismissed an environmental appeal against NEMA and Kibos Sugar by simply adopting its earlier judgment in a

A Kenyan court ordered a telecom company to remove a phone mast built near Watamu Hospital because it started construction before getting pr

A Kenyan court ordered a telecom tower in Malindi demolished because the company built it before getting the required environmental licence.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court declared a Cabinet Secretary's 24-hour riparian demolition notice void because no law gave the CS power t

A Kenyan court ordered a landowner to cut down boundary eucalyptus trees for breaking environmental law, but refused damages because the los

Mombasa's Environment and Land Court found the County Government violated Mwakirunge residents' environmental rights and awarded them Kshs.

A Nairobi court refused to stop a neighbour's construction because the applicants couldn't prove money couldn't fix the harm.

A Kwale court protected landowners from trespass but refused to stop licensed sand harvesting in the adjoining river, sending that fight to

A Mombasa court halted construction of 18-storey apartment towers because the developer skipped mandatory public participation and planning

A Mombasa court cancelled approvals for a school built without proper environmental and planning procedures, halting its construction perman

The Environment and Land Court dismissed Njumbi Road residents' challenge to high-rise developments because they should have used statutory

Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed an access-to-information petition because the petitioner skipped the required complaint step at

A Kenyan court ruled the National Irrigation Authority violated a family's rights by displacing them without notice, but denied compensation

A Mombasa court struck out a church's challenge to Kenya's 2009 noise regulations because a separate appeal win removed the live dispute.

A Garissa court blocked any sale or development of disputed public land pending trial, ruling that a title deed alone cannot defeat a challe