Zedekiah Ondari Kenyoru v Kitutu Chache South Constituency Development Fund Board & 2 others [2016] KEELC 30 (KLR)

The 1995 Gazette Notice predates the 2010 Constitution, when petitions were a rarity; the 2013 Practice and Procedure Rules now govern fees for proceedings under them, importing civil-proceeding fees. Since petitions increasingly seek distinct declarations, injunctive relief and damages beyond a violation declaration, each distinct prayer justifies a separate fee, mirroring civil practice. The present petition's prayers for declaration of ownership, injunction and damages were distinctive and would be separately assessed in civil proceedings.

The manual was an administrative initiative to standardize registry operations countrywide, not rules made under Section 10 of the Judicature Act empowering the Chief Justice to prescribe fees. While laudable, to the extent it affects prescribed fees it requires the Chief Justice to make appropriate rules. Its use for the assessment was thus questionable, though the fee itself was justified under Rule 33.