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The High Court has stopped Shanta Gold from entering, prospecting or drilling on private land in three Siaya sublocations without the express consent of registered owners, and blocked a mining licence for the Ramula Mboma project until consent is documented.
Kenya's High Court has declared that President William Ruto's 2025 directives reserving 20 per cent of affordable housing units for teachers and police officers have no legal effect, ruling that executive pronouncements cannot rewrite the allocation criteria set by Parliament.
A seven-year succession battle over the estate of Christine Mithiri Mbugua has returned to the High Court in Nairobi, with one beneficiary alleging that title deeds and bank accounts were concealed and that a distribution plan was signed without his consent.
Makueni County will hold public participation within a month on a land use and management plan for the 21,000-hectare Ngai Ndethya Game Reserve, which proposes allocating 13,860 hectares for human settlement and leaving 7,279 hectares as a jointly managed reserve.
The Environment and Land Court has barred construction on a 2,180-unit affordable housing scheme at Githunguri in Kiambu, pending a petition over protected Mau Mau heritage sites on the land.
A Nairobi anti-corruption court has ruled that the prosecution established a case against a former permanent secretary and other accused over the irregular acquisition of land meant for a cemetery in Machakos County.
Kenya's liquidated co-operative union has listed vacant plots, maisonettes, rental blocks and unfinished buildings for public auction in November 2026, with sales in Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa.
Kenya's State Department for Housing has invited bids for a framework agreement of up to 10 years to supply and install sanitary ware across its affordable housing projects, with three to five firms to be selected.
Kenya's Affordable Housing Board says at least 45,000 units will be ready for occupation by the end of 2026, with 13,012 homes already completed and 7,050 occupied as of October.