Sign in
Kenya Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

Kenya Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
1 court collection
Last checked

Kenya decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Family-law [2026] KECA 681 (KLR)

FG & another v OGM

The Court of Appeal dismissed a child-custody appeal, holding that the child’s best interests favored the surviving father over maternal grandparents.

  • Child-custody
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Best-interests-of-the-child
  • Second-appeal-on-matters-of-law
  • Functus-officio
  • Customary-law-versus-constitutional-child-rights
Read case analysis
Property-law [2026] KECA 648 (KLR)

Joseph Wagura Ng'ang'a v Kenya Power and Lighting Company

The Court of Appeal allowed a second appeal in a land trespass dispute, reinstating the trial court’s Kshs. 200,000 general damages award and costs.

  • Trespass-to-land
  • General-damages
  • Mesne-profits
  • Quantum-of-damages
  • Second-appeal-jurisdiction
  • Standard-of-appellate-interference
Read case analysis
Criminal-law [2026] KECA 650 (KLR)

Kimanga v Republic

Second appeal in a defilement conviction. The Court of Appeal upheld findings that the complainant was 15, penetration was proved, and the appeal failed.

  • Defilement
  • Minor/age-proof
  • Penetration
  • Identification-of-accused
  • Credibility-of-witnesses
  • Second-appeal-jurisdiction
Read case analysis
Criminal-law [2026] KECA 628 (KLR)

Miano v Republic

The Court of Appeal dismissed a second appeal by Daniel Njihia Miano, upholding the High Court’s enhancement of sentence to death for robbery with violence.

  • Robbery-with-violence
  • Simple-robbery
  • Sentence-enhancement
  • Second-appeal
  • Section-354-criminal-procedure-code
  • Section-296-penal-code
Read case analysis
Criminal-law [2026] KECA 652 (KLR)

Njuguna v Republic

On second appeal, the Court of Appeal quashed a conviction for robbery with violence, substituted simple robbery, and substituted a sentence of time served.

  • Robbery-with-violence
  • Simple-robbery
  • Identification-and-recovery-of-stolen-property
  • Scope-of-second-appeal
  • Re-evaluation-of-evidence-by-first-appellate-court
  • Mandatory-death-sentence
Read case analysis
Criminal-law [2026] KECA 641 (KLR)

Osman Erdinc Elsek & Shahame Aziz Mwidani v Director of Public Prosecutions

The Court of Appeal held the intended appeal was arguable, but refused stay because the applicants had not shown the appeal would be rendered nugatory.

  • Rule-5(2)(b)-stay-of-proceedings
  • Arguability-and-nugatory-test
  • Revision-jurisdiction
  • Second-appeal-on-matters-of-law
  • Fair-trial-rights
  • Occurrence-book-complaint
Read case analysis
Intellectual-property [2026] KECA 698 (KLR)

Sony Corporation v Sony Holdings Limited

The Court of Appeal dismissed a second appeal over trade mark registration of “Sony Holdings,” holding that SONY was not proved to be well known in Kenya.

  • Trade-mark-opposition
  • Well-known-marks
  • Likelihood-of-confusion
  • Second-appeal-scope
  • Concurrent-findings-of-fact
  • Section-14-trade-marks-act
Read case analysis
Civil-procedure [2026] KECA 579 (KLR)

Mwangi v Kimaiyo & another (Suing as Legal Representatives of the Estate of Nicodemus Kipkorir Kimutai)

The Court of Appeal at Eldoret allowed an application to file an appeal out of time after accepting that an e-filing invoice error and related delays were plausibly explained.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Late-filing-of-notice-of-appeal
  • Late-filing-of-record-of-appeal
  • Second-appeal
  • Court-e-filing-system-error
  • Leave-to-appeal-out-of-time
Read case analysis
Civil-procedure [2026] KECA 516 (KLR)

Andrew K Ruirie v Irene Nyawira Muchiri

The Court of Appeal dismissed a second appeal over title to Ngariama/Nyangeni/470, holding the appellant’s title was not protected because it stemmed from an unlawful land swap.

  • Second-appeal-on-matters-of-law
  • Title-to-land-and-root-of-title
  • Fraud-and-illegal/unprocedural-acquisition-of-title
  • Due-diligence-by-purchaser
  • Effect-of-land-disputes-tribunal-award-and-decree
  • Controlled-transactions-and-land-control-board-consent
Read case analysis
Criminal-law [2026] KECA 543 (KLR)

Jackson Wambua Mwinzi v Republic

Second appeal against a defilement conviction and life sentence dismissed. The Court upheld findings on age, penetration, recognition, and proper voir dire.

  • Defilement
  • Recognition-evidence
  • Age-of-complainant
  • Penetration
  • Child-witness-voir-dire
  • Contradictions-in-evidence
Read case analysis

About this LexChat collection

Kenya decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.