Machareus Obaga Anunda v Kenya Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd Country/Territory Kenya Type of court National - higher court Date Aug 27, 2015 Source UNEP, InforMEA Court name High Court Seat of court Kisii Judge S. Okong'o Reference number NO. 197 OF 2015 Language English Subject Land & soil, Legal questions Keyword Liability/compensation Land-use planning Foreign land tenure Constitutional law Land tenure Abstract In this case, the plaintiff sued an electrical company which has been occupying his land in order to construct an electricity transmission line from Kisii to Awendo.The plaintiff seek a declaration from the court that he arbitrary acquisition of the portion of its lands is illegal and contrary to his right to property and to private life protected by Articles 40 and 67 of the Constitution. In addition, the plaintiff required a permanent injunction to restrain the electrical company to trespass on his land. The defendant argued that the public interest that would be served if the electricity transmission line is allowed to pass through the suit properties far much outweighs the plaintiff’s private interest in the said properties and alleged that he had followed the procedures to acquire the portion of the land were the electric transmission line was supposed to be constructed.The judge of the high court held that the defendant had failed to follow the procedure provided by the Land Act as it did not issue a way leave over the portion of land at stake and did not offer an appropriate compensation to the plaintiff. Consequently, the judge issued an injunction order preventing the defendant from constructing an electricity transmission line on the land of the plaintiff except if he pays to the plaintiff a sum of Kshs.1, 000,756 as compensation. Full text Machareus Obaga Anunda v Kenya Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd.pdf kenyalaw.org