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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 13613 (KLR)

Stephen Kipkurui Chesang v Vallary Cherop Chumba

Court
High Court
Case number
Civil Appeal E003 of 2026
Judge
JK Sergon

On appeal from the Small Claims Court, the High Court held that the trial magistrate exceeded the sub judice preliminary objection by deciding an unpleaded illegality issue suo motu without hearing the parties, breaching the right to a fair hearing. The Ruling was set aside and the claim remitted.

  • Preliminary objections
  • Sub judice
  • Scope of pleadings and issues for determination
  • Suo motu raising of illegality
  • Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
  • In pari delicto doctrine
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Civil procedure [2026] SCC 239 (KLR)

Muchiori & another v Katio & another

Court
Small Claims Court
Case number
Civil Case E421 of 2026

Small Claims Court ruling on a debtor's application to pay a decretal sum by instalments and to compel auctioneers to tax their fees; instalments granted on the creditor's schedule, taxation prayer declined.

  • Payment of decretal sum by instalments
  • Sufficient cause for instalment orders
  • Debtor's net monthly income and assets disclosure
  • Taxation of auctioneer fees
  • Security by preservation of attached movables
  • Small-claims-law
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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 13556 (KLR)

Karanja & another v Rhombus Concrete Limited & another

Court
High Court
Case number
Civil Appeal E1446 of 2024

The High Court allowed an appeal from the Small Claims Court, holding that failure to particularise negligence was not fatal where negligence was pleaded and a rear-end collision was unrebutted.

  • Pleading of negligence and particulars of negligence
  • Res ipsa loquitur / inference of negligence from rear-end collision
  • Scope of appeal under small claims court act (matters of law only)
  • Burden and standard of proof in civil claims
  • Simplified procedure in small claims court
  • Negligence
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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 4198 (KLR)

Vegpro Kenya Limited v Kennedy Achieng Owour t/a Achieng Owuor & Company Advocates & another

Court
High Court
Case number
Civil Appeal E102 of 2024
Judge
GL Nzioka

Kenyan High Court dismissed an appeal from the Small Claims Court, holding the appellant failed to strictly prove payment of Kshs 150,000 to the respondents and that an overpayment of decretal sums was improperly retained.

  • Overpayment of decretal sums
  • Refund of overpayment
  • Burden of proof of payment
  • Parties bound by pleadings
  • Subrogation
  • Scope of appeal on matters of law only
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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 2240 (KLR)

Devkan Enterprises Limited v Muthondeki

Court
High Court
Case number
Civil Appeal E251 of 2024
Judge
BM Musyoki

The High Court dismissed an application to review its earlier judgment, holding that reclassifying vicarious liability as a matter of law was not an error apparent on the face of the record or sufficient reason for review.

  • Review of judgments
  • Error apparent on the face of the record
  • Appeals limited to matters of law under small claims court act
  • Vicarious liability
  • Sufficient reason for review
  • Review-of-judgments
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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 2529 (KLR)

Chebon v Nangemi

Court
High Court
Case number
Civil Appeal E063 of 2024
Judge
WM Musyoka

The High Court held that the Small Claims Court lacked jurisdiction to deliver judgment more than 60 days after filing under section 34(1) of the Small Claims Court Act, declared the judgment a nullity and transferred the claim to the Busia Magistrate's Court.

  • Jurisdictional limit of small claims court
  • Nullity of judgment delivered outside statutory time limit
  • Transfer of matter to magistrate's court
  • Small-claims-court-jurisdiction
  • Nullity-of-judgment
  • Transfer-to-magistrates-court
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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 2350 (KLR)

Kamau v Njoroge

Court
High Court
Case number
Civil Appeal 307 of 2023
Judge
TW Ouya

The High Court dismissed an appeal against a Small Claims Court refusal to let a debtor pay a decretal sum by instalments, because no evidence of inability to pay in lump sum was adduced.

  • Payment of decretal sum by instalments
  • Evidence of inability to pay in lump sum
  • Res judicata
  • Enforcement of small claims judgments
  • Civil-procedure
  • Small-claims-law
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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 2798 (KLR)

Gichuru v Ariwi & another

Court
High Court
Case number
Civil Appeal E201 of 2024
Judge
FN Muchemi

The High Court held that a Small Claims Court wrongly dismissed a motor vehicle damage claim for failure to plead particulars of negligence, found the driver negligent for excessive speed in poor weather, and allowed the appeal for KES 397,880.

  • Pleading of negligence and particulars of negligence
  • Simplified procedure in small claims court
  • Burden and standard of proof on a balance of probabilities
  • Special damages in motor vehicle damage claims
  • Scope of appellate review on matters of law versus fact
  • Assessor's report as proof of repair costs
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Civil procedure [2026] KEHC 1787 (KLR)

Kenya Orient Insurance Company v Kinuthia

Court
High Court
Case number
Civil Appeal E142 of 2023
Judge
RC Rutto

The High Court dismissed an application to substitute the insurer appellant with its driver in a small claims appeal and dismissed the appeal, holding the grounds largely raised facts and the insurer was not liable as a non-owner.

  • Amendment of pleadings and substitution of parties
  • Joinder of parties (order 1 rule 10(2) cpr)
  • Appeals from small claims court limited to matters of law
  • Vicarious liability of insurers
  • Doctrine of subrogation
  • Costs follow the event
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Contract law [2026] KEHC 1127 (KLR)

Muturi v Ndungwa

Court
High Court
Case number
Small Claims Appeal E001 of 2025
Judge
MA Odero

On first appeal, the High Court quashed a Small Claims Court judgment voiding a 2022 sale of two pool tables, holding the contract silent on delivery and no breach proved.

  • Sale of goods / contract for sale of pool tables
  • Breach of contract for non-delivery
  • Voiding of contracts
  • Interpretation of unambiguous contract terms
  • Court's power to rewrite contracts
  • Burden of proof (he who alleges must prove)
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