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Kenya's Employment Court dismissed 11 Prisons officers' claims to higher rank and Kshs. 26.4 million in arrears because their appointments l

Kenya Power must pay a former employee over Kshs 2.3 million in acting allowance after letting her act in a senior role for years without co

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that a fixed-term contract ending on a set date gives no right to renewal, and refused to block the terminati

Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a finding that a public-interest retirement was unfair, but slashed the damages award from Kshs 6 million to

The Employment Court dismissed a former Vihiga County officer's challenge to his contract non-renewal because he filed judicial review witho

A Kenyan court ruled a university unfairly shortchanged an employee on maternity leave, awarding her Kshs. 500,000, but rejected her bigger

A Kenyan court quashed the SEZ Authority's refusal to renew Nova Pioneer's Tatu City licence because the Authority gave no fair hearing and

The Employment Court dismissed ten former NMS workers' claims, ruling that fixed-term contracts end on expiry and salary payments alone don'

Kenya's Employment Court confirmed that a security company driver could be retired at 58 under a 1998 wage order that still applies despite

A Kenyan court ordered Siaya County officials to finally process a co-op's 29-year-old land allocation, but stopped short of directly orderi

Kenyatta University acted unlawfully by stripping a lecturer of his directorship without reasons or a hearing, but he won only Kshs. 100,000

Kenya's Employment Court ruled that repeatedly renewing a worker's short contracts for six years created a right to notice and reasons befor

A Kenyan court ruled police could recall an officer from a training course sent to by mistake, but must still promote him properly.

Kenya's Employment and Labour Relations Court dismissed a challenge to a trade union's rescheduled elections, confirming that unions control

Kenya's Environment and Land Court ordered a land registrar to investigate a title discrepancy within 45 days after years of ignored complai

The Court of Appeal confirmed that a fixed-term contract in Kenya ends at expiry with no automatic right or expectation of renewal.

Kenya's Environment and Land Court quashed Narok County's approval of a new Maasai Mara hot air balloon business because the county failed t

A Nanyuki court refused to stop the eviction of kiosk traders, ruling their occupation was temporary and their case was a private dispute, n

A Kenyan court ruled that living on someone's land with their permission, even for decades, never becomes ownership.

A Kenyan court dismissed employees' Kshs 5.4M claim, ruling labour officer recommendations don't bind courts, and the employees are actually

A Kenyan court dismissed landowners' constitutional petition because they couldn't prove they actually owned the land or faced a real evicti

Kenya's Court of Appeal confirmed that payslips and silent appointment letters do not prove permanent employment terms.

Kenya's Eldoret Land Court cancelled fraudulently obtained settlement plots, quashed the magistrates' court case over them, and ordered fres

When Kenya's Land Commission cuts the size of land being compulsorily acquired, it must hear the landowner again and hold a fresh inquiry be