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Susan Kihika

Kenyan lawyer and politician who has been Governor of Nakuru County since 2022 and was previously Senator for Nakuru and Speaker of the Nakuru County Assembly.

Latest ruling source 29 Jul 2025Docket checked 26 Oct 20266 sources

  1. Question

    What did the court decide?

  2. Where it stands

    On appealWhere it stands

    1 case recorded. Most recent: Baboon Project Kenya v Governor of Nakuru County and Nakuru Water and Sanitation Services Company (contempt application over waste disposal in Lake Nakuru) (on appeal).

  3. Detail

    Baboon Project Kenya v Governor of Nakuru County and Nakuru Water and Sanitation Services Company (contempt application over waste disposal in Lake Nakuru)

    On appeal
    Court
    Environment and Land Court at Nakuru; Court of Appeal
    Parties
    Baboon Project Kenya (applicant) v Governor Susan Kihika and James Ng'ang'a, Managing Director of Nawasco (respondents)

    What was claimed

    Application alleged continued disposal of waste in the Lake Nakuru basin in breach of a 26 September 2024 order barring such disposal.

    What the court decided

    The Standard reported that the Environment and Land Court (Judge Anthony Ombwayo) issued a contempt ruling imposing a Sh2 million fine in February 2025, and that in July 2025 the Court of Appeal, by consent, stayed that ruling pending Nawasco's intended appeal and ordered the status quo of 28 July 2025 maintained.1

  4. Judgments and reports

    1. SecondaryAppellate court temporarily halts Governor Kihika's contempt caseThe Standard · 29 Jul 2025

Legal status: Public Figure Record Verified

Docket note

26 Oct 2026 Published after review.

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