Courts Rule on Trademark Case, KDF Wrongful Dismissal, and Authorize Exhumation - October 2025

Kenyan courts have delivered several key rulings and orders. The High Court in Nairobi overturned a lower court's decision in a trademark case, leading to media personality Willis Raburu losing his Ksh6.5 million infringement suit on the grounds that the magistrate's court lacked jurisdiction. In another matter, the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by Defence CS Soipan Tuya, upholding a Ksh1 million compensation award to a former KDF soldier for wrongful dismissal. Meanwhile, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) auctioned five properties recovered from former Migori Governor Okoth Obado, raising over KSh69.7 million on October 9. A Nakuru court also authorized the DCI to search for and exhume the remains of a missing fisherman, Brian Odhiambo, within Lake Nakuru National Park following his disappearance on January 18 while in KWS custody.