Khasievara & 170 others v Land Registrar Uasin GIshu County & another (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E040 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 8056 (KLR)
The bottom line
#Kenya's Environment and Land Court ordered land registers in Uasin Gishu updated to remove a deceased owner's name and confirmed transfers of subdivided plots to named buyers.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Registration of the death of the deceased proprietor and expunging of his name from the register
The court directed the county land registrar to register the death of francis juma taabu and delete his name from the green cards of the original parcel and all resultant subdivisions 2604 to 2637
The 2nd Respondent appeared before the court and set out the subdivision scheme arising from the original parcel. The court accepted that the deceased person's name remained on the register despite his death and that the register required rectification to reflect the lawful registered ownership of the 2nd respondent before the agreed allocations could be effected.
Allocation and transfer of the resultant subdivisions to the named allottees
The 2nd respondent was ordered to transfer the listed subdivisions to the named persons upon obtaining the relevant land control board consents
The 2nd Respondent proposed the allocation of the subdivisions on 24.07.2025, listing allottees and acreages. The court adopted that allocation, ordering transfers in favour of the named individuals subject to the statutory requirement of land control board consents for dealings in agricultural land, thereby regularising the occupation/allocations of the subdivided parcels.
Legal principles established
#- Upon a proprietor's death being established, the land registrar may be directed to register the death and delete the deceased's name from the green card, retaining the surviving registered owner's name
- Transfers of agricultural land subdivisions require the relevant land control board consents
Court orders
#- 1.The county land registrar, Uasin Gishu county directed to register the death of francis juma taabu on the green card of the original property LR.No.Soy/Soy Block 10 (Navillus)/68 and all resultant subdivisions namely Soy/Soy Block 10 (Navillus)/2604 to 2637
- 2.The county land registrar, Uasin Gishu county directed to delete the name of francis juma taabu (deceased) on the green card of the original property and resultant subdivisions 2604 to 2637 and retain the name of the 2nd respondent clement ooko odhiambo as lawful registered owner
- 3.The 2nd respondent ordered to transfer the listed subdivisions (2604 to 2637, excluding unlisted numbers) to the persons indicated, upon preparing and obtaining the relevant land control board consents
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Not stated in the judgment as provided; the court exercised first-instance supervisory/directional powers over land registration in Uasin Gishu County
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Khasievara & 170 others v Land Registrar Uasin GIshu County & another (Environment and Land Miscellaneous Application E040 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 8056 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2025). Not stated in the judgment as provided. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2025/8056/eng@2025-11-14
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