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Kikambi & 2 others v Nyoroka & 2 others (Environment and Land Appeal E034 of 2022) [2024] KEELC 3251 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2024] KEELC 3251 (KLR)2024-02-01Affirmed below…If the said holding is for the benefit of other members of the family, then a customary trust would be…
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Cherutich (Suing as the legal representative of the Estate of Cherutich Yego) v Board of Management Hossen Secondary School (Land Case E006 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 1857 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2026] KEELC 1857 (KLR)2026-03-26Set aside in part…Her family members who moved out after the exchange did so voluntarily.” 17. The letter dated 24th March 1995 (Dexbt…
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STANLEY KAUNGA M’KARICHIA v THIAINE NKARICHIA
ELCBrief[2023] KEELC 426 (KLR)2023-02-01Affirmed below…In cross examination PW 1 said that his late father used to stay with his family on the suit land…
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Nyaga & 7 others v Njeru (Environment and Land Appeal E007 of 2020) [2026] KEELC 1504 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2026] KEELC 1504 (KLR)2026-03-05Set aside in part…they had sued the Respondent vide a Plaint dated 26/04/2019. In the said Plaint, the Appellants had sought…
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Selly Jepchumba Samoei & 3 others v Kimwei Arap Samoei [2020] KEELC 3369 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2020] KEELC 3369 (KLR)2020-02-27…In the plaintiffs’ version of events, the said Arap Lengwet whom the defendant refers to as “Kiplengwet”, purchased the family…
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Ngureti & 3 others v Ngureti & another (Environment and Land Case 97A of 2014) [2025] KEELC 7881 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2025] KEELC 7881 (KLR)2025-11-12…family members and to support this proposition they placed reliance on the case of Twalib Hatayan & Another –vs- Said Saggar…
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Obwora v Opondo (Environment and Land Case 106 of 2016) [2026] KEELC 4807 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2026] KEELC 4807 (KLR)2026-07-16Affirmed below…My family has been in actual possession of the said land for fifty years now while I have been in…
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Godfrey Kibuthu Njora v Harrison Njuguna Kahiga [2019] KEELC 2233 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2019] KEELC 2233 (KLR)2019-07-22Set aside in part…The Court was not shown evidence to show that indeed the said Washington represented the family of Kahiga. 55. The…
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Cecilia Situmai Ndeti & another v Esther Ngondu Ndeti & 6 others [2020] KEELC 463 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2020] KEELC 463 (KLR)2020-11-26Appeal struck out…The said decree in the first suit has neither been varied nor set aside. After the application to set aside…
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David A. Anekeya v Daniel Anekeya & another [2020] KEELC 1917 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2020] KEELC 1917 (KLR)2020-06-24Reversed below…Family members the plaintiff included reside on the said land and till it for their livelihood. The plaintiff states that…
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John Lucheveleli Waswa v Levy Injendi Waswa [2018] KEELC 1236 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2018] KEELC 1236 (KLR)2018-10-16Set aside in part…on the said land vacate to allow proper procedure to be followed by the deceased’s family.The letters of…
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Talalei Kiptenai v Teresa Chebichi Rutoo (Administratrix of the Estate of the Ernest Kimaiyo) [2019] KECA 948 (KLR)
Court of AppealBrief[2019] KECA 948 (KLR)2019-03-07Set aside in part…f) Secretly transferring part of the said parcel without consent of the plaintiff and her siblings knowing very well that…
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Kenneth Mwiti M'Nyange v Peterson M'Nkanata M'Nyange & Another (meru cmc e&l case no. 94 of 2018)
ELCBrief[2025] KEELC 5000 (KLR)2025-07-02Affirmed below…If the said holding is for the benefit of other members of the family, then a customary trust would be…
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Bor ((Suing as the legal administrator of the Estate of the Late Kiptiniya Arap Maiyo)) v Ngisirei (Environment & Land Case 103 of 2021) [2023] KEELC 443 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2023] KEELC 443 (KLR)2023-01-31…by village elders, neighbor’s and family in 1994 as was stated by DW5 and DW5, the said meeting thus…
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Nabiswa Ongweko Nickson & another v Jenipher Nanyama Mabonga,& 3 others [2016] KEELC 96 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2016] KEELC 96 (KLR)2016-11-25Reversed below…resettle his grandmother, the matriarch of Masakhwe family, Soy sub-location, Vumilia Village within Uasin Gishu County. That upon purchasing…
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John Murunyu Hinga v Joseph Njuguna Kagia [2016] KEELC 1145 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2016] KEELC 1145 (KLR)2016-02-04…She was of the view that the suit land and any other family land should be shared by all siblings…
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Kathendu Kareri & Paul Nguku Ngari v Ita Kiborio & Charles Nthiga Gitumo (Sued as the personal representative of the Estate of Mugo Gitumo (Deceased); Munyi Ngai (Interested Party) (Environment & Land Case 134 of 2014) [2020] KEELC 2034 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2020] KEELC 2034 (KLR)2020-02-27Set aside in part…It was contended that the Defendants were representatives of the said Miugu family during the land adjudication process and that…
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JKN-A & 2 others v TMN (suing as the next friend of SNK alias NK – person of unsound mind) & 2 others [2019] KEELC 116 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2019] KEELC 116 (KLR)2019-12-11…The evidence adduced in Court supports the view that the suit property is family land that was registered in the…
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Elijah Kimutai Murei v Erastus Seroney Kessio [2016] KEELC 71 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2016] KEELC 71 (KLR)2016-11-22Set aside in part…The plaintiff and his family members claim to have suffered untold sufferings in view of the respondent unlawful acts. The…
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Mwai v Mwai (Environment and Land Appeal 50 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 567 (KLR)
ELCBrief[2025] KEELC 567 (KLR)2025-02-14Affirmed below…If the said holding is for the benefit of other members of the family, then a customary trust would be…