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Supreme Court declined to rule on election date, preserving High Court's first-instance constitutional role.

The Environment and Land Court in Malindi refused to review its earlier injunction ruling, confirming that review only corrects obvious erro

The Environment and Land Court in Meru struck out a family land dispute because only the High Court's succession decision could be challenge

Kenya's Environment and Land Court refused to dismiss a long-running land suit, ruling that questions of when a claim arose must be decided

Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a tenancy suit because the same dispute was already before the Rent Tribunal, and cheaper, ear

Kenya's High Court confirmed you cannot appeal a Business Premises Rent Tribunal complaint decision — only its rulings on formal tenancy ter

The Mombasa Environment and Land Court struck down a contempt application filed in a fresh file, ruling it belonged in the pending petition

A Kenyan court dismissed a stay-of-execution application because the applicants had no permission to appeal and showed no evidence of real l

A Mombasa court struck out a landowner's injunction suit because the same dispute was already pending in another case, awarding costs agains

Kenya's High Court dismissed the appeal, ruling that disputed facts about a land sale agreement can only be resolved at a full trial, not th

The Environment and Land Court struck out a tenant's suit because appeals from Kenya's Rent Restriction Tribunal must go through an appeal,

The Environment and Land Court ruled it cannot pause National Environment Tribunal cases—only hear appeals from them—so the stay request fai

A Kenyan court dismissed a hotel's bid to throw out a land dispute because neither side proved the property's value with a valuation report.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court confirmed magistrates can hear trespass cases, but sent this 20-year-old land dispute back for a fresh tr

Kenya's Court of Appeal paused the swearing-in of a disputed MP, ruling that a parliamentary seat, once filled, cannot be undone by money da

A Kenyan court confirmed residents can sue counties over disputed boundary taxation, but must first take their land and boundary complaints

The Employment and Labour Relations Court dismissed attempts to stop a judicial review case against the Nairobi County Assembly Board, with

A Kenyan court ordered independent verification of a union's e-voting records instead of cancelling results, setting a proof burden for elec

Kenya Power's attempt to force a trespass case to the Energy Tribunal failed, confirming land courts can hear trespass claims.

Supreme Court cannot hear appeals from Court of Appeal interim rulings before the main appeal is decided.

Supreme Court refused to advise on filling Nairobi governor vacancy due to pending lower court cases.

An Employment Court in Nairobi ordered the Registrar of Companies to reveal who really owns Gallant Security Services while interim protecti

A Meru court refused to halt a land judgment because the appellant was present in court but chose not to proceed, so she couldn't claim unfa