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ELCDismissedApplication dated 23 February 2014 (suit by plaint filed 7 November 2002)· [2015] KEELC 848 (KLR)

Morop Company Limited v Committee - Kambi ya Moto Primary School; Chesang (Interested Party) (Administrator of the Estate of Kiplenge Chesang (Deceased)) (Environment & Land Case 109 of 2012) [2015] KEELC 848 (KLR)

Environment and Land Court
18 February 2015
MSMunyao Sila
567 words in judgment
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The bottom line

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Kenya's Environment and Land Court struck out a joinder application because the applicant could not prove the landowner's death or his authority to represent the estate.

What this practically means

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Executive summary

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This is a ruling of the Environment and Land Court at Nakuru (Munyao Sila, Judge) on an application dated 23 February 2014 by Laiton Chesang seeking to be enjoined to proceedings as an interested party. The underlying suit is a trespass claim instituted by plaint on 7 November 2002 by Morop Company Limited against the School Committee of Kampi Ya Moto Primary School, concerning a 20-acre plot (plot No. 67, later Kampi ya Moto/Block 1/67) said to have been unlawfully entered in October 2002; the plaintiff sought a permanent injunction and eviction, and the defendant pleaded it had occupied the land for over 35 years. The title to the plot is registered in the name of Kiplenge Chesang, said to be deceased, and the applicant claimed to be the legal administrator of his estate, asserting the estate would suffer irreparable loss if not enjoined. None of the parties opposed the application. The court nonetheless declined to allow it, observing that no Certificate of Death or other proof of death was annexed, and no letters of administration were produced to prove the applicant's capacity. The court noted that had those documents been availed it would readily have allowed the application since the registered owner of the land parcel in issue is clearly an interested party, but for want of proof of death and capacity it struck out the application, observing that a proper application could be filed later. As the application was unopposed, the court made no orders as to costs.

Key legal issues

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Proof of capacity to apply for joinder as interested party

Holding

The application was disallowed because the applicant did not prove that the registered proprietor was deceased nor that he held letters of administration

Reasoning

The title to Kampi ya Moto/Block 1/67 stood in the name of Kiplenge Chesang. The applicant described himself as legal administrator of the deceased's estate but attached neither a Certificate of Death nor letters of administration. The court accepted that the registered owner would plainly be an interested party had capacity been proved, but in the absence of these critical documents the application could not be allowed.

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Legal principles established

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  • An applicant seeking joinder as interested party based on being administrator of a deceased registered proprietor must prove death of the deceased and his capacity by attaching a death certificate and letters of administration

Court orders

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  1. 1.The application dated 23 February 2014 seeking to enjoin Laiton Chesang as interested party is struck out
  2. 2.No orders as to costs, the application having been unopposed
Jurisdiction invoked
Original civil jurisdiction of the Environment and Land Court over the land dispute

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Cite this brief

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Cite this brief

Caselaw, "Morop Company Limited v Committee - Kambi ya Moto Primary School; Chesang (Interested Party) (Administrator of the Estate of Kiplenge Chesang (Deceased)) (Environment & Land Case 109 of 2012) [2015] KEELC 848 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2015). Application dated 23 February 2014 (suit by plaint filed 7 November 2002). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2015/848/eng@2015-02-18

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