ELC·ELC No. 375 of 20138 October 2026 land lawpublic landjoinderinterested partycivil procedure
ELRC·Miscellaneous Application No. E067 of 20268 October 2026 A Kenyan court allowed a citizen to seek a mandamus order forcing the Ministry of Education to pay a court-awarded debt of over Kshs. 1.4 mi
judicial reviewcivil procedureeducation lawpublic interestaccess to justice
ELC·ELC L Petition No. E017 of 20257 October 2026 Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a railway land petition because its issues had already been decided in an earlier case.
res judicataland lawconstitutional lawpublic participationstriking out
ELC·ELC Petition No. E001 of 20237 October 2026 A Kenyan court gave Nyamira County more time to challenge a Ksh. 57.6 million legal fees bill, but refused to hand over the money yet.
civil procedureextension of timejudicial discretioncounty governmentpublic interest
ELC·ELC Petition No E009 of 20251 October 2026 constitutional lawland lawpublic interestpublic landcounty government
ELRC·Petition E135 of 202630 September 2026 Kenya's Employment Court struck out a public interest challenge to Anti-Counterfeit Authority appointments, ruling such cases now belong in
jurisdictionlocus standipublic interestpreliminary objectionstriking out
ELRC·Judicial Review Application No. E053 of 202630 September 2026 Kenya's Employment Court struck out a public-interest challenge to a KETRACO recruitment, confirming such cases must now go to the High Cour
employment labourjurisdictionlocus standipreliminary objectionjudicial review
ELRC·ELRC Petition No. E022 of 202630 September 2026 Kenya's Employment Court struck out a public interest challenge to a state corporation CEO appointment, ruling such petitions belong in the
employment labourjurisdictionconstitutional lawpublic intereststriking out
ELRC·Petition E014 of 202529 September 2026 Kenya's Employment Court ordered Maasai Mara University to pay 19 former part-time lecturers their dues with interest, but ruled it cannot f
employment labouradministrative lawfair administrative actionconstitutional lawseparation of powers
ELC·Petition E005 of 202628 September 2026 Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a community land petition because the community was not registered and statutory dispute proce
land lawlocus standijurisdictionpreliminary objectionpublic interest
Court of Appeal·Criminal Appeal E013 of 202425 September 2026 Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed prosecutors can withdraw criminal charges with sworn reasons, and courts should rarely block them.
criminal lawcriminal procedurepublic procurementjudicial discretionstatutory interpretation
Court of Appeal·Civil Appeal No. 86 of 201725 September 2026 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
land lawjurisdictionconstitutional interpretationres judicatapublic interest
Court of Appeal·Civil Application E655 of 202525 September 2026 Kenya's Court of Appeal refused to suspend a High Court ruling that struck down an Executive Order controlling State Corporation staffing, s
stay of executionextension of timeconstitutional lawadministrative lawdevolution
Court of Appeal·Civil Application E361 of 202625 September 2026 employment labourstay of executioninterlocutory reliefnatural justicefair administrative action
ELC·Environmental and Land Originating Summons E037 of 202525 September 2026 Kenya's Environment and Land Court has ruled that land restrictions registered without notice or hearing of the owner are void and must be r
land lawadministrative lawfair administrative actionstatutory interpretationnatural justice
ELC·ELC EP Judicial Review No. E006 of 202425 September 2026 Nairobi's Environment and Land Court lifted status quo orders protecting a Mirema building but refused to order enforcement of the County's
judicial reviewcivil procedureland lawstatutory interpretationjudicial discretion
ELRC·Petition No. E007 of 2026 (Ruling No. 2)24 September 2026 The Employment Court in Kitale allowed a public-interest challenge against Trans Nzoia County's hiring to proceed, rejecting arguments that
employment labourjurisdictionpreliminary objectioncounty governmentpublic interest
ELC·ELCLPET NO. E004 OF 202523 September 2026 A Kenyan court struck out a challenge to an LPG facility in Nanyuki, ruling the complainant should first use the Energy Act's regulatory and
environmental lawconstitutional lawjurisdictionpreliminary objectionstriking out
ELRC·Judicial Review No. E002 of 202621 September 2026 A Kenyan court ordered a school to pay a Kshs 2.48 million judgment debt in full, rejecting a 13-year instalment plan as bad faith.
judicial reviewemployment laboureducation lawremediescivil procedure
ELRC·Petition No. E088 of 202620 August 2026 Kenya's Employment and Labour Relations Court struck out a public-interest challenge to COTU-K's 2026 elections, holding only union members
employment labourjurisdictionlocus standipublic interestelectoral law
ELC·Environment and Planning Petition (Kisumu) – number not stated in judgment30 July 2026 A Kenyan environmental court ruled that even successful public interest litigation doesn't guarantee costs if the case is abandoned, orderin
environmental lawpublic interestjudicial discretionland lawaccess to justice
ELC·MSA. ELC. 29 OF 201630 July 2026 A Kenyan court ordered Mombasa County to pay a homeowner over Kshs. 96 million for unlawfully demolishing their house without going to court
land lawtort lawadministrative lawfair administrative actiondamages
ELC·ELC Petition No. 005 of 202330 July 2026 A Kenyan court refused to punish either side with legal costs after an environmental case achieved its goal through settlement-like complian
environmental lawconstitutional lawhuman rightscivil procedurepublic interest
ELC·ELC Land Petition No. E013 of 202630 July 2026 A Kenyan court allowed a petitioner to withdraw his environmental challenge, confirming that withdrawal settles nothing, decides nothing on
environmental lawland lawpublic landcivil procedurejudicial discretion
ELC·Not stated in the judgment (Mombasa High Court Criminal)30 July 2026 Kenya's High Court released a seriously ill 62-year-old prisoner to serve his remaining sentence on three years' probation so he can get urg
criminal lawcriminal procedurehuman rightsremediesjudicial discretion