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Succession-law [2026] KEHC 13222 (KLR)

In re Estate of Odhiambo (Deceased)

In re Estate of Odhiambo (Deceased) (Succession Cause E030 of 2021) [2026] KEHC 13222 (KLR) (1 September 2026) (Judgment)

The High Court at Nakuru held that Nakuru Municipality Block 29/41 was not proved to be part of the deceased’s estate and excluded it from distribution.

  • Confirmation-of-grant
  • Free-property-of-the-deceased
  • Protest-to-confirmation
  • Title-to-land
  • Bona-fide-purchaser
  • Fraud-in-land-registration
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Land-law [2026] KECA 825 (KLR)

Mwaura v City Council of Nairobi & 2 others

Mwaura v City Council of Nairobi & 2 others (Civil Appeal 658 of 2019) [2026] KECA 825 (KLR) (30 April 2026) (Judgment)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal over title to Plot No. NS-09 Umoja 1 Cornershop, holding the appellant failed to prove his claim on a balance of probabilities.

  • Allocation-of-land
  • Title-disputes
  • Bona-fide-purchaser
  • Fraud
  • Balance-of-probabilities
  • Land-law
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Property-law [2025] KECA 2226 (KLR)

Kahia Transporters Limited & another v Dopp Investments Limited & 7 others

Court of Appeal upheld compensation for compulsory acquisition of LR No. 1040/2, treating a wrong parcel reference as a correctable typo, but limited interest to run from judgment.

  • Compulsory-acquisition
  • Compensation-for-acquired-land
  • Pleadings-and-variance-with-evidence
  • Typographical-error-/-slip-rule
  • Article-159(2)(d)
  • Section-100-civil-procedure-act
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Land-law [2025] KEELC 8415 (KLR)

Margaret Muthoni Murai & Regina Wanjiku Mwaura (Suing as Administrators of the Estate of the Mwangi Kamau alias Mwangi Kamau Hiuka) v Estate of Francis Gaaki Kagunda & 9 others

The court rejected a limitation objection in a land recovery suit, holding that allegations of fraud meant time ran from discovery, not from the earlier dispute.

  • Recovery-of-land
  • Fraudulent-title-acquisition
  • Discovery-rule-under-section-26
  • Striking-out-pleadings
  • Statutory-limitation-period
  • Fraud
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Land-law [2025] KEELC 8050 (KLR)

Safari & 171 others v Kandolt & 3 others

The court held that the plaintiffs proved adverse possession over Plot No. 350/II/MN and ordered cancellation of the defendant’s title and registration of the plaintiffs.

  • Adverse-possession
  • Limitation-of-actions
  • Title-extinction
  • Land-registration-and-subdivision
  • Forgery-of-land-documents
  • Bona-fide-purchaser
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Judicial-review [2025] KEELC 6140 (KLR)

Republic v Multi-Sectoral Committee on Unsafe Structures & 4 others; Alpha Grain Millers Limited (Ex parte Applicant)

The court quashed a demolition circular only for LR No. 20750, but refused to decide title or grant prohibition and ownership declarations in judicial review.

  • Certiorari
  • Prohibition
  • Declaration-of-title
  • Natural-justice
  • Article-40-property-rights
  • Article-47-fair-administrative-action
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Land-law [2025] KEELC 5940 (KLR)

Omar Mohammed Omar & another v Joshua Kulei & 5 others

The court declined to join a proposed defendant who claimed an allocation interest in disputed land, finding unexplained delay, uncertified documents, and no basis to arrest judgment.

  • Joinder-of-parties
  • Allocation-of-land
  • Title-disputes
  • Laches
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Stay-of-proceedings
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Land-law [2025] KEELC 5553 (KLR)

Wamang’oli (Suing as the Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Nanjala Walubengo) v Wamang’oli & 6 others

Appeal over alleged fraudulent amalgamation and transfer of land dismissed for want of proof of ownership, fraud, or overriding interest.

  • Title-disputes
  • Fraud-and-illegality-in-land-transactions
  • Proof-of-purchase-and-proprietary-interest
  • Amalgamation-and-subdivision-of-land
  • Bona-fide-purchaser-for-value-without-notice
  • Joint-tenancy-and-survivorship
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Land-and-property [2025] KEELC 5306 (KLR)

Oucho & 2 others v Opiyo & 4 others

Oucho & 2 others v Opiyo & 4 others [2025] KEELC 5306 (KLR)

The court dismissed a petitioners’ motion for conservatory and prohibitory orders over land parcel 1960, finding no prima facie case and noting prior related litigation.

  • Conservatory-orders
  • Prohibition-orders
  • Eviction-proceedings
  • Res-judicata
  • Subjudice
  • Title-disputes
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Land-and-property [2025] KEELC 5070 (KLR)

Mwangi v Gathecha & 2 others

Mwangi v Gathecha & 2 others [2025] KEELC 5070 (KLR)

The court granted a temporary injunction over Dagoretti/Riruta 5094, finding the applicant showed a prima facie case, irreparable harm, and balance of convenience.

  • Interlocutory-injunctions
  • Adverse-possession
  • Quiet-possession
  • Title-disputes
  • Land-disputes
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