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ELCDismissedNotice of motion dated 16th May 2016 (in suit, plaint dated 27th April 2016)· [2016] KEELC 364 (KLR)
John Anangwe Omuruya v Aneriko Juma Machengo & 2 others [2016] KEELC 364 (KLR)
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#The Environment and Land Court refused to evict occupants of South Wanga/Ekero/4480 before the main case is fully heard.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#The Applicant, John Anangwe Omuruya, moved the Environment and Land Court by notice of motion dated 16th May 2016 seeking eviction of the three Respondents from land parcel South Wanga/Ekero/4480, effectively a mandatory injunction at the interlocutory stage of a suit commenced by plaint dated 27th April 2016. The Respondents opposed through a preliminary objection and response and a replying affidavit of the 1st Respondent, who also alleged damage to a church toilet and salt solution thrown on church iron sheets. The court framed two issues: whether the applicant had established a prima facie case with a possibility of success for a mandatory injunction at interlocutory stage, and costs. The court held that while a mandatory injunction may issue at interlocutory stage, that discretion is exercised only in the clearest of cases because it would amount to determining the main suit. On the facts, the Respondents were placed on the land by Ibrahim Obongita Shitanda, now deceased and a nephew of the Applicant, and were already in occupation when the parcel was registered in the Applicant's name on 13th June 2014, the parcel being a subdivision of South Wanga/Ekero/82. It was therefore fair that both sides be heard in the main suit before any eviction order. The notice of motion was dismissed with costs in the cause.
Key legal issues
#01
Whether mandatory injunction/eviction orders could issue at the interlocutory stage
Holding
The application failed; the applicant did not establish a prima facie case warranting eviction at interlocutory stage.
Reasoning
The court observed that the prayers in the motion mirrored the plaint's main prayer, so granting eviction would dispose of the suit at interlocutory stage. The respondents were placed on the land by the applicant's deceased nephew before the applicant's registration in June 2014, making it fair that both sides be heard in the main suit first.
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Legal principles established
#- A mandatory injunction can issue at the interlocutory stage but only in the clearest of cases, since granting it would determine the main suit.
Court orders
#- 1.Notice of motion dated 16th May 2016 dismissed with costs in the cause
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Original jurisdiction of the Environment and Land Court over land parcel South Wanga/Ekero/4480 (interlocutory notice of motion in a pending suit)
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#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "John Anangwe Omuruya v Aneriko Juma Machengo & 2 others [2016] KEELC 364 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2016). Notice of motion dated 16th May 2016 (in suit, plaint dated 27th April 2016). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2016/364/eng@2016-11-02
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