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Criminal law [2026] KEHC 13643 (KLR)

Republic v Mary Odongo

The High Court acquitted Mary Odongo of murder but convicted her of manslaughter, finding she caused her husband's fatal head injury by pushing him but lacked malice aforethought.

  • Murder
  • Manslaughter
  • Malice aforethought
  • Actus reus and mens rea
  • Circumstantial evidence
  • Dying declarations
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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 13636 (KLR)

Hussein Nyimbo Company Ltd & 2 others v Snowball Agricultural Company Ltd & 2 others

On consolidated first appeal, the High Court dismissed appeals against a Bondo magistrate's judgment finding carriers liable for 349 missing bags of fish feed lost in transit by their driver.

  • Burden and standard of proof in civil matters
  • Privity of contract and bill of lading as contract of carriage
  • Bailment for reward and carrier's duty of care
  • Vicarious liability of employer for employee's acts in course of employment
  • Admissibility and weight of out-of-court confessions in civil proceedings
  • Effect of discharge in criminal proceedings on civil liability
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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 13654 (KLR)

Dandora Millers Ltd v Kioni

On first appeal, the High Court set aside a 50:50 liability finding against Dandora Millers, holding the claimant failed to link the offending vehicle to the appellant, and upheld dismissal of its counterclaim for loss of user.

  • Vicarious liability and ownership of motor vehicles
  • Burden and standard of proof
  • Presumption of ownership under section 8 of the traffic act
  • Rear-end collision negligence
  • Apportionment of liability
  • Special damages must be strictly proved
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Land law [2026] KEELC 5467 (KLR)

Ngulu v Mbindyo

Kenyan ELC ruling dismissing an interlocutory injunction and inhibition application over land parcel MBITINI/KYEMUNDU/767 for lack of a prima facie case.

  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Prima facie case
  • Irreparable injury
  • Balance of convenience
  • Burden of proof
  • Inhibition and restriction of land registration
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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 13615 (KLR)

Pravichandra Lalji Vaghjiyani & another v Suresh Ramji Raghwani

The High Court allowed an appeal against an interlocutory default judgment for KES 12 million, finding that proper service of summons had not been satisfactorily established and that the judgment was therefore irregular.

  • Service of summons
  • Irregular versus regular default judgment
  • Setting aside default judgment
  • Triable issues in proposed defence
  • Right to fair hearing
  • Burden of proof
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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 13723 (KLR)

Kibera v Kahura

On first appeal from the Small Claims Court, the High Court held that a police abstract alone could not prove the appellant's sole negligence in a road traffic collision, substituting 100% liability with 50:50 apportionment while upholding ownership, subrogation and special damages.

  • Road traffic negligence and apportionment of liability
  • Evidential value of police abstract
  • Proof of ownership of motor vehicle
  • Doctrine of subrogation
  • Proof of special damages
  • Adverse inference for failure to call witnesses
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Land law [2026] KEELC 5451 (KLR)

Kudate v Tikani & 2 others

The Environment and Land Court dismissed the Plaintiff's claim to parcel CISMARA/MAJIMOTO/2760, finding he failed to prove a lawful root of title and upholding the 1st Defendant's title as a Majimoto Group Ranch member allocation.

  • Competing certificates of title and indefeasibility
  • Root of title and legality of acquisition
  • Group ranch land allocation and membership
  • Allegations of fraud and misrepresentation
  • Burden and standard of proof
  • Adverse inference for failure to produce evidence
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Criminal law [2026] KEHC 13516 (KLR)

Republic v Duncan Livingstone Kimathi

The High Court convicted Duncan Livingstone Kimathi of the murder of a USIU student abducted in June 2012 and strangled after a ransom demand, based on circumstantial, call-data, handwriting, and identification evidence.

  • Murder and malice aforethought
  • Circumstantial evidence
  • Alibi
  • Identification evidence (visual and voice)
  • Document examination and handwriting comparison
  • Electronic and call data evidence
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Land law [2026] KEMC 883 (KLR)

Mwachidudu & 3 others v Mwakidudu

Ugomvi wa ardhi kuhusu kiwanja cha Masjid Tasneem huko Mavarata; mahakama ilifuta dai la wadai na kaunta-dai ya mshtakiwa kwa kukosa ushahidi wa kutosha.

  • Burden and standard of proof
  • Balance of probabilities
  • Credibility of witnesses and recanted testimony
  • Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus
  • Permanent injunction
  • Eviction and demolition counterclaim
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Land law [2026] KEELC 5435 (KLR)

Onyango v Awino & another

The Environment and Land Court dismissed an appeal in a trespass claim, holding that registration as proprietor did not establish that the respondents occupied the specific parcel without a survey or other locating evidence.

  • Trespass to land
  • Proprietary rights versus possession
  • Burden and standard of proof
  • First appellate court duty of re-evaluation
  • Admissions in evidence
  • Survey evidence and identification of land
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