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ELCDismissedNot stated in judgment· [2017] KEELC 1536 (KLR)

Stanley Kibori Mboroki v M’magiri M’kaaria & another [2017] KEELC 1536 (KLR)

Environment and Land Court
4 October 2017
LML.N. Mbugua
881 words in judgment
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The bottom line

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A Kenyan landowner lost an injunction bid because he couldn't prove fraud or how seriously he occupied the disputed land.

What this practically means

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Executive summary

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This was an interlocutory Notice of Motion dated 16th September 2014 in which the Plaintiff sought a temporary injunction restraining the defendants from evicting, entering, remaining on, building on, cultivating or otherwise interfering with parcel ABOTHUGUCHI/GAITU/1315, together with costs. The Plaintiff deponed that he purchased a portion of the 1st Defendant's land in 1993-1994, obtained title to parcel 1313 in 1994, and developed the land, but learnt in August 2014 that the land he had been occupying actually belonged to the 2nd Defendant, whose parcel was registered on 05.08.14. The 1st Defendant maintained he sold the Plaintiff parcel 1313, not 1315, and had merely allowed cultivation pending a purchase request he later declined. The 2nd Defendant said he bought parcel 1315 unoccupied and unencumbered. The application was canvassed by written submissions. The court identified two issues: fraud and occupation. On fraud, it noted the 20-year gap between the Plaintiff's title and the 2nd Defendant's, and found the Plaintiff had not substantiated how the alleged fraud occurred, hence no prima facie case. On occupation, the Plaintiff had not shown the nature and extent of his occupation, which bore on irreparable injury and balance of convenience. The application was dismissed with costs to the defendants.

Key legal issues

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Fraud

Holding

Plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case of fraud

Reasoning

The Plaintiff obtained his title in 1994 while the 2nd Defendant obtained his title on 05.08.14. The Plaintiff alleged fraud by the 2nd Defendant but did not explain how the fraud was perpetrated ten years after he received his own title deed. At the interlocutory stage the Plaintiff bore the burden of showing the injunction threshold was met, which he failed to do.

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Occupation

Holding

Plaintiff failed to demonstrate the nature and extent of his occupation so as to show irreparable injury and balance of convenience

Reasoning

Having claimed occupation since 1994, the Plaintiff was required to show whether he lived on the land, raised a family there, or earned his living from it. This evidence would bear on irreparable injury and balance of convenience. The Plaintiff did not demonstrate either, so the application failed on this ground as well.

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Legal principles established

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  • Fraud must be specifically pleaded and substantiated; a bare allegation without proof does not establish a prima facie case
  • A claimant to land must demonstrate the nature and extent of occupation to establish irreparable injury and balance of convenience

Court orders

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  1. 1.Application for temporary injunction dismissed with costs to defendants
Jurisdiction invoked
Not stated; original jurisdiction of the Environment and Land Court

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Cite this brief

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Cite this brief

Caselaw, "Stanley Kibori Mboroki v M’magiri M’kaaria & another [2017] KEELC 1536 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2017). Not stated in judgment. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2017/1536/eng@2017-10-04

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