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High Court finds farmers’ consumer rights were breached over defective subsidy fertiliser Court faults Agriculture CS for failing to establish the Fertiliser and Animal Foodstuffs Board Farmers with unrecovered losses can still pursue individual claims for compensation Farmers who paid for poor quality fertiliser under the government’s subsidy scheme were denied their consumer rights, the…
High Court strikes out petition seeking to liquidate KUSCCO Court rules cooperative societies fall under a separate legal framework Commissioner appoints a liquidator to oversee KUSCCO’s affairs The High Court has struck out an insolvency petition seeking to liquidate the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives Limited (KUSCCO). Nairobi’s Milimani High Court ruled that…
High Court suspends September 5 elections for Kenya Sugar Board grower representatives. The dispute centres on the classification of Bumula Sub County under the wrong sugarcane catchment. The constitutional petition has been fast tracked, with the hearing set for September 11. The High Court has suspended elections for grower representatives to the Kenya Sugar Board…
High Court suspends Treasury approval requirement for banks seeking to raise loan interest rates. Order follows a legal challenge by the Kenya Bankers Association over Section 44 of the Banking Act. Borrowers are not automatically facing higher rates, but customers with variable rate loans should monitor lender communications. Thousands of Kenyan borrowers face fresh uncertainty…
Six sugar suppliers have sued the government for Ksh173.58 million they claim is owed after South Nyanza, Chemelil and Muhoroni sugar mills were leased to private investors. The businesses argue their outstanding claims were not addressed during the 30 year leases and want compensation, interest and lost profits. They are asking the High Court to…
The National Treasury, SHA, IRA and other state agencies have been sued over alleged failures to manage public servants’ insurance schemes and settle claims exceeding Ksh20 billion. The petition alleges decades of unpaid death, disability and work injury benefits affecting civil servants, teachers and security officers. The case seeks a court declaration that the government’s…
Court dismisses Delmonte’s bid to block a Ksh 975 million legal costs claim. Judge rules legal costs can be determined after a case is concluded. Dispute stems from residents’ claims of eviction from ancestral land. The High Court has dismissed an application by Delmonte Kenya Limited (DKL) seeking to halt a Ksh 975 million legal…
High Court dismissed an appeal by three former Murang’a Farmers Cooperative Union officials over a Ksh7 million dispute. The court upheld the magistrate’s finding that the appellants failed to comply with court conditions. The case stems from the alleged unauthorised handling of Ksh7 million from the sale of company land. The High Court has dismissed…
High Court ruled EACC cannot investigate KTDA’s private tea factory loan deals. Judge found the loans involved no public funds, public officers or bribery. Court said such cases fall under the DCI, not EACC. A High Court judge has stopped EACC from digging into loan arrangements at two tea factories run by the Kenya Tea…
Union challenges Faith Bett Boinett’s appointment as KPC board chair in court. Seeks to stop key board decisions, including hiring a managing director. Wants all KPC Board resolutions since April 22, 2026, declared invalid. The Kenya Petroleum Oil Workers Union has moved to the High Court seeking to overturn the appointment of Faith Bett Boinett…
