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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] SCC 240 (KLR)

Wambui v Shiranda

The claimant failed to prove a Kshs. 84,000 debt in the Small Claims Court, while the respondent proved part of his counterclaim for Kshs. 6,000.

  • Burden of proof
  • Proof of monetary claim
  • Special damages
  • Informality of evidence in small claims court
  • Counterclaim
  • Recovery of alleged debt
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Criminal law [2026] KEHC 13534 (KLR)

Republic v Cecilia Maitha Nyaga

No-case-to-answer ruling in a murder charge: the High Court found the circumstantial evidence too weak to link Cecilia Maitha Nyaga to the killing.

  • Murder
  • Prima facie case
  • Circumstantial evidence
  • Malice aforethought
  • No case to answer
  • Burden of proof
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Constitutional law [2026] KEHC 13502 (KLR)

Fatuma Aden Dika & 2 others v Inspector General of Police & 3 others

The High Court dismissed a petition seeking habeas corpus, disclosure orders and compensation over alleged abductions, finding no proof of custody by the police or DPP involvement.

  • Habeas corpus
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Unlawful detention
  • Party joinder
  • Burden of proof
  • State liability
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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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Constitutional law [2026] KEHC 13425 (KLR)

Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) Suing Through its officials Namely Stephen Mutoro, Ephraim Kanake & Henry Ochieng) v Radio Africa Events/Group & 5 others

The High Court dismissed COFEK’s petition over the Stanbic Yetu Festival, finding the alleged Article 46 violations were not proved with admissible evidence.

  • Article 46 consumer rights
  • Public interest standing
  • Locus standi
  • Constitutional avoidance
  • Exhaustion doctrine
  • Admissibility of electronic evidence under section 106b
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Criminal law [2026] KEMC 874 (KLR)

Republic v John Paul Otieno

The court acquitted John Paul Otieno of breaking into a shop and handling stolen property, finding the prosecution had not proved breaking or linked him to the specific phone beyond reasonable doubt.

  • Breaking into a building and committing a felony
  • Handling stolen property
  • Doctrine of recent possession
  • Proof beyond reasonable doubt
  • Admissibility of confessions/admissions
  • Burden of proof
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Land law [2026] KEELC 5402 (KLR)

John Peter Maina Kamau v The County Government of City County of Nairobi & 2 others

The court dismissed a land ownership suit over Plot B6-306 Kayole, finding the plaintiff failed to prove title, fraud, or unlawful repossession and reallocation.

  • Unregistered land ownership
  • Allocation and repossession of municipal plot
  • Fraudulent title challenge
  • Burden of proof
  • Better title on balance of probabilities
  • Injunctions and eviction
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Tort law [2026] KEMC 872 (KLR)

Roselyne Nekesa Wanyonyi v Kinatwa Prestige Limited

The plaintiff proved the accident, ownership of the matatu, and her injuries, but not negligence by the defendant’s driver. The suit was dismissed with costs.

  • Negligence
  • Vicarious liability
  • Burden of proof
  • Causation
  • Special damages
  • General damages
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Land law [2026] KEELC 5411 (KLR)

Madina Merida Kamau aka Masina Metrida Kamau (Suing in her own capacity and also as the Administrator of Estate of Ali Kamau Said [DCD]) v Embakasi Ranching Co Ltd & 2 others

The court dismissed a land claim after finding the plaintiff failed to prove the alleged plots matched the suit property or that bonus plots were allocated.

  • Burden of proof
  • Allocation of shares and plots by a land-buying company
  • Identity of suit property
  • Proprietary interest in land
  • Trespass and demolition
  • Failure to prove allotment
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