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Employment law [2026] KEELRC 1184 (KLR)

Muia v Empire Feeds Limited

Muia v Empire Feeds Limited (Miscellaneous Application E272 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 1184 (KLR) (30 April 2026) (Ruling)

The court dismissed a preliminary objection to adopting a Director’s work injury award as judgment, holding it had jurisdiction and the objection window had lapsed.

  • Work injury benefits
  • Jurisdiction
  • Preliminary objection
  • Preliminary-objection
  • Work-injury-benefits-act
  • Employment-law
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Employment law [2026] KEELRC 1197 (KLR)

Karewa & another v Modern Coast Bus Limited & 2 others

Karewa & another v Modern Coast Bus Limited & 2 others (Constitutional Petition E002 of 2024) [2026] KEELRC 1197 (KLR) (30 April 2026) (Ruling)

The 1st Respondent received insurance funds from the Interested Party to settle the decree but failed to transmit the sum to the petitioners, amounting to fraudulent conduct. This justifies allowing the petitioners to pursue lifting the corporate veil and examining the directors regarding satisfaction of the decree.

  • Work injury benefits
  • Lifting corporate veil
  • Fraudulent conduct
  • Execution of decrees
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Employment law [2026] KEELRC 1041 (KLR)

Mwenda & another v Coast Professional Freighters Limited & another

Mwenda & another v Coast Professional Freighters Limited & another (Miscellaneous Application E088 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 1041 (KLR) (23 April 2026) (Ruling)

The court declined to adopt a DOSH award as judgment, finding substantial payments had been made and directing the parties back to DOSH for reconciliation.

  • Work injury benefits
  • Enforcement of dosh award
  • Compensation for fatal workplace injury
  • Burial expenses
  • Work-injury-benefits-act
  • Dosh-award-enforcement
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Employment law [2026] KEELRC 1035 (KLR)

Mwangangi (Suing for and on Behalf of David Mavuti Ngonzi - Deceased) v Kyega Hauliers (K) Limited & another

Mwangangi (Suing for and on Behalf of David Mavuti Ngonzi - Deceased) v Kyega Hauliers (K) Limited & another (Miscellaneous Application E124 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 1035 (KLR) (23 April 2026) (Ruling)

The court dismissed an application to enforce a DOSH compensation award for a fatal work injury, noting a prior partial settlement paid to the deceased’s mother.

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Employment law [2026] KEELRC 936 (KLR)

Omoke v China National Ero-Technology International Engineering Corporation

Omoke v China National Ero-Technology International Engineering Corporation (Miscellaneous Application E511 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 936 (KLR) (17 April 2026) (Ruling)

The court struck out an application to adopt a WIBA compensation assessment as judgment, finding it was filed about five years after default and was time-barred.

  • Work injury benefits
  • Limitation of actions
  • Jurisdiction
  • Work-injury-benefits
  • Limitation-of-actions
  • Employment-law
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Employment law [2026] KEELRC 942 (KLR)

Mwaniki v Kenya Builders & Concrete Company Limited

Mwaniki v Kenya Builders & Concrete Company Limited (Miscellaneous Application E408 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 942 (KLR) (17 April 2026) (Ruling)

The court struck out an unopposed application to adopt a work injury compensation assessment as judgment, finding it filed outside the statutory limitation period.

  • Work injury benefits
  • Statute of limitations
  • Compensation assessment
  • Enforcement of director's award
  • Work-injury-benefits-act
  • Statute-of-limitations
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Constitutional law [2026] KEELRC 973 (KLR)

Hosani East Africa Limited v Director of Occupational Safety and Health Services - Laikipia County & another

Hosani East Africa Limited v Director of Occupational Safety and Health Services - Laikipia County & another (Constitutional Petition E003 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 973 (KLR) (17 April 2026) (Judgment)

The 1st Respondent violated the Petitioner's constitutional rights to fair administrative action and access to justice by failing to conduct an inquiry or investigation into the accident, failing to respond to the Petitioner's objection, and failing to provide written reasons for its administrative actions, thereby rendering the award procedurally unfair and unlawful.

  • Fair administrative action
  • Work injury benefits
  • Access to justice
  • Procedural fairness
  • Right to property
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Employment law [2026] KEELRC 961 (KLR)

Naftali (Suing as the Legal Administrator and/or Representative of the Estate of the Late Monica Nafula Lucheli (Deceased)) v Chief Officer for Finance of Kakamega County Government

Naftali (Suing as the Legal Administrator and/or Representative of the Estate of the Late Monica Nafula Lucheli (Deceased)) v Chief Officer for Finance of Kakamega County Government (Judicial Review E005 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 961 (KLR) (16 April 2026) (Judgment)

The court granted mandamus compelling Kakamega County’s finance officer to pay an uncontested decree, rejecting the argument that the insurer had to be joined.

  • Mandamus
  • Government proceedings
  • Work injury benefits
  • Enforcement of decrees
  • Judicial-review
  • Government-proceedings
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Employment law [2026] KEELRC 913 (KLR)

Republic v Director of Occupational Safety and Health Services & another; Muasya (Ex parte Applicant)

Republic v Director of Occupational Safety and Health Services & another; Muasya (Ex parte Applicant) (Judicial Review E076 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 913 (KLR) (13 April 2026) (Ruling)

The applicant has demonstrated an arguable case regarding lack of service, procedural fairness, and propriety of the administrative process. Leave to file judicial review is warranted, and the leave granted should operate as a stay of further execution pending determination of the substantive application.

  • Work injury benefits
  • Fair administrative action
  • Judicial review
  • Procedural fairness
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Employment law [2026] KEELRC 906 (KLR)

Mutunga & another (Suing as wife and brother in the Estate of Moriasi Simon Vigne) v Paksa Construction Limited

Mutunga & another (Suing as wife and brother in the Estate of Moriasi Simon Vigne) v Paksa Construction Limited (Miscellaneous Application E129 of 2025) [2026] KEELRC 906 (KLR) (10 April 2026) (Ruling)

The court lacks jurisdiction to determine liability in WIBA matters and is limited to enforcing the Director's award, which was not objected to or appealed; therefore, the Respondent's application for leave to issue Third Party Notice is dismissed, and the Applicants' application to enforce the award succeeds.

  • Work injury benefits
  • Compensation enforcement
  • Third party proceedings
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