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Muatha v Mwikya & another [2025] KEELC 5441 (KLR)
The Environment and Land Court declined to reinstate a suit dismissed for want of prosecution, finding it had abated after the plaintiff’s death and had become moot.
Sunkuiyia v Osoi & another [2024] KEELC 3427 (KLR)
The court upheld an earlier adopted land tribunal decree, set aside a later contradictory award, and granted injunctions and costs in a land dispute.
James Waithaka Wachira v Dipt Bhatt [2018] KEELC 1214 (KLR)
The court found that the Plaintiff failed to serve Summons to Enter Appearance on the Defendant within the statutory period, and did not apply for renewal or re-issue of the summons in time. This non-compliance with Order 5 of the Civil Procedure Rules is a fundamental procedural defect that goes to the root of the suit. As a result, the suit abated by operation of law twelve months after the original summons were issued and not served. The subsequent steps taken by the Plaintiff, including seeking re-issue of summons and the Defendant's filing of an irregular, undated, and unsigned Defence,…
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Danstan Miriti Kamunoi v Herodian M’Itii M’Muketha [2018] KEELC 4867 (KLR)
The Environment and Land Court at Chuka dismissed the suit for want of prosecution after finding no sufficient cause to keep it alive.
Grace Wanjiku Ndirangu v Ndirangu Juma Keru [2017] KEELC 192 (KLR)
The Environment and Land Court allowed an appeal, holding that execution orders could not issue after the suit had abated and against a non-party.
Ng’ang’a Mathenge v John Ndirangu Maina & Muhotetu Farmers Co. Ltd [2016] KEELC 390 (KLR)
The court dismissed an application to reinstate a land dispute suit, finding the claim against the deceased 1st defendant had abated and could not support substitution.
SHARIFF ALI SALIM V JAMES NZARO B. KALAMA [2012] KEHC 2755 (KLR)
The High Court refused to dismiss a land suit, holding that the amended plaint disclosed a fresh cause of action against the current defendants, separate from an earlier abated suit.
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