Kenya Case Law

Contefour Property Consultants Limited v Mbugu & 4 others

Contefour Property Consultants Limited v Mbugu & 4 others (Environment and Land Case Civil Suit 13 of 2019) [2026] KEELC 2415 (KLR) (27 April 2026) (Ruling)

Court

Environment and Land Court

Case number

Environment and Land Case Civil Suit 13 of 2019

The Environment and Land Court dismissed an application to set aside an earlier dismissal and reinstate a motion, finding the applicant had shown chronic delay and indolence.

• Setting-aside-ex-parte-orders
• Reinstatement-of-applications
• Dismissal-for-want-of-prosecution
• Oxygen-principle
• Right-to-fair-hearing
• Setting-aside-orders

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Kiru Tea Factory Company Ltd v Gilbert & 5 others (Consolidated Appeals E017, E018 & E019 of 2021)

Court

Court of Appeal

Case number

Civil Appeal E017 of 2021

The Court of Appeal allowed the consolidated appeal, holding that the trial court misapprehended the facts and failed to consider material relevant to discretion.

• Setting-aside-default-orders
• Review
• Judicial-discretion
• Delay-and-diligence
• Order-9-rule-9-civil-procedure-rules
• Covid-19-related-filing-delay

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Amrose Okech Opiyo v Tobias Adem

Court

Business Premises Rent Tribunal

Case number

Tribunal Case E040 of 2025

The Tribunal dismissed the landlord’s application to set aside a prior strike-out order and reinstate the reference, holding the pleadings were fatally defective.

• Striking-out-for-defective-pleadings
• Extension-of-time
• Setting-aside-orders
• Reinstatement-of-reference
• Costs
• Striking-out-pleadings

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Munzaa v Mbuvi & another

Court

Business Premises Rent Tribunal

Case number

Tribunal Case E258 of 2024

The Tribunal struck out an application to join a proposed tenant, set aside prior orders, and seek injunctions, finding no controlled tenancy or locus standi.

• Controlled-tenancy
• Locus-standi
• Joinder-of-parties
• Setting-aside-orders
• Temporary-injunction
• Jurisdiction-of-the-tribunal

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Kisele v County Director, Land Adjudication & Settlement (Makueni County) & another; Maika (Interested Party)

Court

Environment and Land Court

Case number

Environment and Land Judicial Review Case E001 of 2024

The court dismissed a preliminary objection challenging leave to file judicial review out of time, holding it could not revisit its own order and that Order 53 is self-contained.

• Extension-of-time
• Preliminary-objection
• Jurisdiction
• Order-53-civil-procedure-rules
• Statutory-limitation
• Setting-aside-orders

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Mung'oma & another v Poly Sacco Society Limited; Cooperative Bank of Kenya & another (Garnishee)

Court

Cooperative Tribunal

Case number

Tribunal Case E001 of 2023

The Tribunal set aside a garnishee order absolute after finding no evidence that the garnishee nisi or the judgment debtor had been properly served.

• Service-of-process
• Setting-aside-ex-parte-orders
• Order-nisi-and-order-absolute
• Right-to-be-heard
• Discretion-of-tribunal
• Garnishee-proceedings

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Victor Owuor Ayoki & Roselyne Akoth Ayoki & another v Multi-Stage Investment Limited & 2 others; Multi-Stage Investment Limited v Victor Owuor Ayoki & Roselyne Akoth Ayoki & others

Court

Environment and Land Court

Case number

Environment and Land Case E054 of 2020

The court dismissed an application to set aside earlier directions and expunge documents, holding it had no jurisdiction to revisit orders of a judge of concurrent jurisdiction.

• Jurisdiction-of-a-court-of-concurrent-jurisdiction
• Setting-aside-directions/orders
• Functus-officio
• Striking-out-pleadings-and-expunging-documents
• Delay/laches
• Fair-hearing-and-procedural-fairness

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Ngigi v Mbugua

Court

Business Premises Rent Tribunal

Case number

Tribunal Case E1359 of 2024

The Tribunal dismissed the landlord’s bid to set aside ex parte orders, finding no sufficient cause, no proof of fraud, and inordinate unexplained delay.

• Setting-aside-ex-parte-orders
• Discretion-under-section-12(1)(i)-of-cap-301
• Fraud-and-misrepresentation
• Service-of-process
• Inordinate-delay
• Costs

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Daniel Michael Carling (Suing as Administrator of the Estate of Mona Ingegard Bjorklund) v Alex Apoko alias Ringtone

Court

Environment and Land Court

Case number

Land Case E354 of 2021

The court found the administrator had locus standi, set aside the earlier stay for sufficient cause, reopened the suit, and granted leave to amend the plaint.

• Locus-standi-of-personal-representative
• Setting-aside-ex-parte-orders
• Stay-of-proceedings
• Amendment-of-plaint
• Joinder-of-parties
• Delay-and-discretion

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Stephen Kamau Thindiu v Ministry of Labour & Social Protection & another

Court

Environment and Land Court

Case number

Environment and Land Case 106 of 2018

The court set aside a dismissal order after finding the plaintiff had shown a plausible explanation for non-attendance caused by a cause-list timing discrepancy.

• Setting-aside-ex-parte-orders
• Non-attendance
• Sufficient-cause
• Inherent-jurisdiction
• Substantive-justice
• Article-159

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