[2025] KEELC 660 (KLR)

[2025] KEELC 660 (KLR)

The court found that the Plaintiff and the deceased registered owner were brothers and that the suit property was ancestral land. The Plaintiff established, on a balance of probabilities, that the land was registered in the deceased's name by mutual agreement, with the intention that he would hold it in trust for...

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Citation
[2025] KEELC 660 (KLR)
Parties
Plaintiff: Sakita Ole Kosinkir; Defendant: Purity Toiyan Karaine (Sued as the administrator of the Estate of the Late Ipissi Kashinko Koisikirr aka Kashingo Ole Kosinkir - Deceased); Defendant: Toiyan Karaine (Sued As The Administrator Of The Estate Of The Late Ipissi Kashinko Koisikirr A.K); Defendant: Kanayo Ene Kotee; Defendant: Mary Katito Odage
Court
Environment and Land Court
Court Station
Environment and Land Court at Kajiado
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Case Number
Enviromental and Land Originating Summons E010 of 2022
Procedural Posture
Originating Summons / Judgment
Outcome
judgment_for_plaintiff
Judges
LC Komingoi
Legal Topics
Adverse Possession, Customary Trust, Limitation of Actions, Registration of Land, Family Land Disputes
Source Language
en
Land and Property Civil Procedure Adverse Possession Customary Trust Limitation of Actions Registration of Land Family Land Disputes

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Parties

Sakita Ole Kosinkir

Plaintiff

Purity Toiyan Karaine (Sued as the administrator of the Estate of the Late Ipissi Kashinko Koisikirr aka Kashingo Ole Kosinkir - Deceased)

Defendant

Toiyan Karaine (Sued As The Administrator Of The Estate Of The Late Ipissi Kashinko Koisikirr A.K)

Defendant

Kanayo Ene Kotee

Defendant

Mary Katito Odage

Defendant

Procedural Posture

Originating Summons / Judgment

  1. 1 Whether the suit property was held in trust for the Plaintiff by the deceased registered owner.
  2. 2 Whether the Plaintiff has acquired title to a portion of the suit property by way of adverse possession.
  3. 3 Whether the Plaintiff is entitled to be registered as proprietor of half the suit property.

Ratio Decidendi

The court found that the Plaintiff and the deceased registered owner were brothers and that the suit property was ancestral land. The Plaintiff established, on a balance of probabilities, that the land was registered in the deceased's name by mutual agreement, with the intention that he would hold it in trust for both brothers. The Plaintiff's evidence of continuous, open, and exclusive occupation of half the land since 1966 was not rebutted by the Defendants, who failed to prove that his occupation was permissive or that he had another parcel in Rongai. The court held that the Plaintiff's possession met the requirements for adverse possession under Section 38 of the Limitation of Actions...

Court Disposition

judgment_for_plaintiff

Orders

  • A declaration is issued that land parcel Loitokitok/Ngama/210 was registered in the deceased's name for his benefit and to hold in trust for the Plaintiff.
  • The Plaintiff is entitled to be registered as owner of a half portion (11.45 hectares) of Loitokitok/Ngama/210 by adverse possession.