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A Kenyatta University employee won temporary protection from eviction pending appeal, but only if he keeps paying rent and clears all arrear
Kenya's Environment and Land Court reinstated a tenant's lawsuit, ruling that rent tribunals cannot hear disputes over residential units ren
Kenya's Court of Appeal has upheld the Affordable Housing Act and the 1.5% housing levy, confirming employers and workers must keep contribu
Kisumu tenants facing eviction under a county housing renewal notice won court protection: no evictions and no forced renewal consequences u
A Kenyan court overturned a tribunal eviction order, ruling the tenant owed only Kshs 20,000 and the landlord must instead pay him Kshs 387,
The Environment and Land Court in Nyeri dismissed a tenant's application for a stay of execution, ruling that an appeal alone does not stop
A Kenyan court struck out a land application because it was filed in the wrong form, stressing extra care where a minor co-owns the land.
A Kenyan court refused to pause eviction orders because the tenant had already paid the arrears and moved out, making the request pointless.
Kajiado residents won protection from eviction and county enforcement notices, but the court refused to force their developer to install sep
A Nairobi land court has protected a buyer's possession of a Ngara property and frozen the title until the ownership dispute is fully heard.
Kenya's Environment and Land Court joined self-help group members as defendants in a land dispute and froze the property's status quo until
A Kenyan court threw out a Ksh 4.17 million rent award because the Rent Tribunal had no power over an 8-year lease that required arbitration
A Bungoma court dismissed a tenant's bid to stop his eviction, ruling that auctioneers can get police help without notifying the tenant firs
A Nairobi Small Claims Court ordered a landlord to refund a tenant's full Kshs. 40,000 deposit because the landlord could not prove repair c
A Kenyan court stopped a company from evicting over 3,000 people, holding that even a winning land decree must follow eviction laws, includi
Kenya's Small Claims Court cannot hear rent arrears claims — landlords must file these cases elsewhere, such as the Environment and Land Cou
The High Court stopped a tenant's eviction pending her appeal, but only on condition she files the appeal record within 30 days.
Kenya's Environment and Land Court at Malindi restored a hotel tenant's main entrance, ruling that blocked access risks reputational harm mo
A Kenyan tenant facing eviction won more time: the High Court paused the tribunal's eviction order, but only if he pays Kshs 350,000 securit
A Kenyan court paused an eviction pending appeal, ordering rents from the disputed plot to be kept in a joint interest-earning account.
Kenya's Environment and Land Court dismissed a tenant's bid to keep a county staff house, ruling that subletting agreements prohibited by re
The Environment and Land Court stopped her eviction, holding that losing your home is harm no amount of money can repay while fraud claims a
Kenya's Environment and Land Court ruled Embu County cannot evict tenants with blanket notices—every occupant deserves individual assessment
A Mombasa court ordered a landlord to refund a tenant's Kshs 230,000 deposit after he proved his case, while dismissing the landlord's Kshs
The Environment and Land Court refused to punish Kenya Railways pension scheme officials for contempt and allowed an affordable housing proj