Muntukei v Magana Holdings Limited & another [2025] KEELC 5244 (KLR)
Court
Environment and Land Court
Case number
Environment & Land Case 796 of 2017
Judge
MD Mwangi
The court struck out a review application against dismissal of a suit, holding it was filed under the wrong procedure and should have been brought under Order 17 rule 6.
Migot v Otieno (Sued as the Legal Representative of the Estate of Jemima Akinyi Oyare, Deceased) [2025] KEELC 4847 (KLR)
Court
Environment and Land Court
Case number
Environment and Land Appeal 57 of 2019
Judge
SO Okong'o
The court set aside a dismissal for want of prosecution and reinstated the appeal, finding no record discrepancy but allowing the appellant another chance to show cause.
Chief Officer, Ministry of Social Services, Youth, Sport & Culture & another v Ndahugah Holdings Limited [2025] KEHC 8459 (KLR)
Court
High Court
Case number
Civil Appeal E037 of 2024
Judge
S Mbungi
The High Court dismissed an appeal over execution steps against county government officers, holding that the notice to show cause did not breach the Government Proceedings Act.
Maingi (Suing on Her Behalf and on Behalf of All and Representing for the Benefit of All Residents of Thange, Moki, Mbulutini, Mwanza, Nazavoni And Ngomano Villages in Kibwezi West Constituency, Makueni County and All Citizens Affected Downstream the Thange River and Athi River) v Kenya Pipeline Company & another [2025] KEELC 3929 (KLR)
Court
Environment and Land Court
Case number
Environment & Land Petition 4 of 2019
Judge
EO Obaga
The Environment and Land Court declined to reinstate a petition dismissed for want of prosecution, finding the dismissal regular, the delay inexcusable, and the suit duplicative.
Dakianga Distributors Ltd v Onkeo [2025] KEHC 7210 (KLR)
Court
High Court
Case number
Civil Appeal 9 of 2013
Judge
TA Odera
The court found that the application was fundamentally defective as it was drawn and filed by an advocate whose name had been struck off the roll, rendering the application void and of no legal effect. Additionally, the applicant failed to demonstrate any sufficient cause for the stay of execution or to set aside the warrants of arrest, as the notice to show cause was part of the lawful execution process and not an opportunity to contest the decretal sum, which had already been determined by the court. The court held that the applicant, having not appealed the judgment or the decretal sum, sh…
Kericho Technical Institute v Finance Community Based Group & 3 others [2025] KEHC 5844 (KLR)
Court
High Court
Case number
Civil Suit 20 of 2013
Judge
JK Sergon
The High Court at Kericho dismissed an application to strike out documents filed by advocates alleged to be improperly on record, finding the firm was properly on record under Order 9 Rule 1 and estoppel applied.
The court declined to set aside a dismissal for want of prosecution, finding the applicant had not shown sufficient cause for failing to respond to the notice to show cause.
The High Court allowed a family appeal, holding that a notice to show cause and execution steps were defective because no decree had been extracted and served.