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Succession law [2026] KEHC 13590 (KLR)

In re Estate of Kimotho alias Kariuki Kimotho (Deceased)

The High Court annulled a confirmed grant after finding the rice holding was government land under licence, not part of the deceased’s free property.

  • Revocation of grant
  • Free property of a deceased person
  • Government land under licence
  • Irrigation scheme holdings
  • Jurisdiction
  • Concealment of material facts
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Land law [2026] KEELC 5437 (KLR)

Kenslopic Hydro Engineers Limited & another v Nairobi City County

The court dismissed a claim over alleged demolition of Eastleigh plots, finding the plaintiffs did not prove the county was responsible for the destruction.

  • Locus standi
  • Trespass
  • Unlawful demolition
  • Special damages
  • Burden of proof
  • Building plan approvals
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Civil procedure [2026] KEELC 5441 (KLR)

Joan Abura & another v Usonik Farm Purchase Co-operative Society Ltd

The court dismissed a review motion against a conditional stay order, holding that execution after default was not a new matter and review was improper pendency of appeal.

  • Review under section 80 and order 45
  • Security for due performance pending appeal
  • Garnishee proceedings
  • Abuse of process
  • Effect of pending appeal on review jurisdiction
  • Costs
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Land law [2026] KEELC 5447 (KLR)

Ibrahim & 8 others v Geodev (K) Limited & 9 others

The court upheld claims over plots 177, 185 and 186, found the 10th defendant acquired no interest, held the planning authorities breached Article 47, and dismissed the counterclaim.

  • Informal settlement regularisation
  • Grievance redress and exhaustion
  • Proof of beneficial ownership
  • Unadministered estate
  • Invalid transfer by non-personal representatives
  • Public participation in planning
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Judicial review [2026] KEELC 5443 (KLR)

Grace Waithera v Narok County Executive Committee Member for Land, Housing, and Urban Development & 2 others

The court declined to join the proposed interested party, finding the judicial review application was confined to enforcement of an earlier judgment and not ownership disputes.

  • Joinder of parties
  • Res judicata
  • Finality of litigation
  • Judicial review mandamus
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Costs
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Land law [2026] KEELC 5433 (KLR)

Nabaala v Nkurumua & another

The court dismissed a preliminary objection, holding that limitation, alleged fraud, and land-control issues raised contested facts requiring trial evidence.

  • Preliminary objection threshold
  • Statutory limitation of land claims
  • Fraud and postponed limitation period
  • Land control act consent
  • Void land sale agreements
  • Constructive trust and proprietary estoppel
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Land law [2026] KEELC 5445 (KLR)

Kipankara Ole Sailoji & Michael Leyioma Sailoji (acting on behalf of the Estate of Kashu Ole Sailoji) v John Lasiamon Keriasek & 11 others

The court dismissed a trespass claim over land parcel CISMARA/OLCHORO/38, finding the dispute was really about an access road and boundary location.

  • Trespass
  • Boundary dispute
  • Access road/right of way
  • Adjudication proceedings
  • Proof of ownership and encroachment
  • Costs
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Civil procedure [2026] KEELC 5436 (KLR)

Maasai Mara Disabled Self Help Group (Suing through its Trustees/Officials Jimmy Parnyumbe Luka (Chairman/Trustee) & 3 others) v Free Pentecostal Fellowship Narok & Narok County Government

The court allowed transfer of a 2019 magistrates’ court land suit to the Environment and Land Court in Narok, rejecting a late jurisdiction challenge based on a later valuation.

  • Transfer of suits
  • Pecuniary jurisdiction
  • Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts
  • Article 159 overriding objective
  • De novo hearing after transfer
  • Transfer-of-suits
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Succession law [2026] KEHC 13538 (KLR)

In re Estate of Kanyi alias Josephat Kanyi (Deceased)

The High Court partially reviewed a confirmed succession grant to add omitted pension and Safaricom shares, but declined to redistribute the deceased co-wife’s share to her children.

  • Review of certificate of confirmation of grant
  • Whether pension benefits form part of estate
  • Distribution of pension and shares
  • Transmission to estate of a deceased beneficiary
  • Jurisdictional objection under matrimonial property act and land registration act
  • Succession-law
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Civil procedure [2026] KEELC 5434 (KLR)

Mary Musuki Mudachi v Joyce Nzisa Muthama & Nairobi City County

The appeal partly succeeded. The court set aside unpleaded findings on fraud and estate ownership, but upheld dismissal of the suit and the costs order.

  • Market stall tenancy
  • Burden of proof
  • Fraud allegations
  • Additional evidence on appeal
  • Costs discretion
  • Proprietary interest in public market stall
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