Search Kenyan case briefs

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

Kenya's Court of Appeal cut a manslaughter sentence from 20 to 12 years, ruling that judges must genuinely weigh mitigation, not just mentio

A Kiambu court refused to demolish a high-rise built with faulty approvals, but fined the developer and ordered an environmental audit.

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to reduce a statutory minimum 20-year defilement sentence but backdated it to the date of first arrest arrai

Kisumu's City Manager was fined KES 500,000 for defying a court order, showing that senior public officers cannot ignore Kenyan court ruling

Kenya's Court of Appeal replaced a murder death sentence with 30 years' imprisonment, confirming courts must re-sentence pre-Muruatetu manda

Kenya's Court of Appeal replaced a murder conviction with manslaughter in a mob-justice killing, cutting the sentence from 35 to 15 years.

Kenya's Court of Appeal reduced a murder conviction and death sentence to manslaughter, 15 years, because years of unresolved provocation un

The High Court dismissed a bid to stop flood-related land demolitions in Nairobi, ruling no unlawful decision existed and emergencies can ju

A Nakuru court fined a repeat chang'aa seller Kshs. 15,000, showing Kenyan magistrates punish repeat offenders who breach non-custodial sent

Kenya's Court of Appeal cut a 25-year manslaughter sentence to time served, ruling judges must weigh an offender's personal circumstances, n

The Court of Appeal confirmed that Kenyan county governments cannot block long-established public roads without notice, evidence, and public

A Kenyan court reinstated an EIA licence cancelled over poor public participation, ruling that audits, not closure, are the right fix for an

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a KSh 13+ million award against the Defence Forces for discharging a Seventh Day Adventist soldier over his S

Kenya's Court of Appeal stopped the Mbiyu Koinange estate from collecting a large court-ordered payment from Eco Bank until the Bank's appea

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed a 20-year manslaughter sentence, ruling appeals courts cannot reduce prison terms just because they would

Kenya's Employment Court ruled a first-offence dismissal was too harsh and awarded an extra Kshs. 214,656 because the punishment didn't matc

A Nakuru court halved a cash bail from Kshs. 300,000 to Kshs. 150,000, confirming that bail terms must not effectively deny an accused perso

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a murder conviction but replaced the death sentence with 15 years, crediting time served since 2011.

Children born out of wedlock cannot be excluded from inheriting their father's estate under Kenyan law.

A land suit dismissed earlier just for lack of prosecution can be filed again—the court refused to strike out this claim and froze the land'

Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to pause a High Court case pending appeal, ruling the appeal wouldn't be wasted even if the trial proceeds a

A Nakuru magistrate discharged a man convicted of incitement to violence, ruling that the eight months he spent in remand was punishment eno

Kenya's Court of Appeal kept a 20-year defilement sentence but ordered it to run from the arrest date, crediting over a year spent in remand

A Nakuru court allowed cash bail of Kshs. 250,000 as an alternative to an existing Kshs. 800,000 bond, balancing the accused's hardship agai