Edward Ngari Musa v Shadrack Nyaga Njeru [2019] KEELC 1534 (KLR)

Environment and Land Court

8 October 2019

PNP. M. Njoroge

499 words in judgment

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The bottom line

A Kenyan land appeal over eviction ended in a court-approved agreement, pausing immediate action while two related appeals move forward together.

What this practically means

Executive summary

This is a short interlocutory ruling of the Environment and Land Court at Chuka arising out of an intended appeal, ELC Appeal No. 9 of 2019, filed by Edward Ngari Musa against the judgment of Hon. J. M. Njoroge, Chief Magistrate, delivered on 24th June 2019 in Civil Case No. 127 of 2014 (Chuka). The applicant's notice of motion dated 7th October 2019 sought certification as urgent, service by dispensation, and a stay of execution of the lower court's judgment, which had ordered eviction to be executed within three months, a period lapsing on 24th October 2019. The applicant asserted that the appeal was arguable with high chances of success, that he risked eviction from land he owned and occupied with his family, that execution would render the appeal nugatory, and that there had been no undue delay. When the matter came before P. M. Njoroge, J, on 8th October 2019, the parties did not contest the application on the merits; instead they proffered a consent which the court adopted as its order. By the consent, the orders and directions issued in ELC Appeal No. 8 of 2019 were to apply to ELC Appeal No. 9 of 2019, and the parties were granted liberty to file an application seeking consolidation of the two appeals. The court also directed that the parties attend for directions on 11th November 2019 instead of 29th October 2019. The judgment contains no merits determination, no costs determination beyond the application's prayer that costs be in the cause, and no citation of authorities.

Key legal issues

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Court orders

1.Orders and directions issued in ELC Appeal No. 8 of 2019 to apply to ELC Appeal No. 9 of 2019
2.Parties be at liberty to file an application seeking to consolidate ELC Appeal No. 8 of 2019 and ELC Appeal No. 9 of 2019
3.The consent order adopted as an order of the court
4.Parties to come to court for directions on 11.11.2019 instead of on 29.10.2019

On appeal from: Chief Magistrate's Court, Chuka; Civil Case No. 127 of 2014
Jurisdiction invoked: Appellate jurisdiction of the Environment and Land Court under ELC Appeal No. 9 of 2019 (appeal from the Chief Magistrate's Court, Chuka)

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Caselaw, "Edward Ngari Musa v Shadrack Nyaga Njeru [2019] KEELC 1534 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2019). ELC Appeal No. 9 of 2019. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2019/1534/eng@2019-10-08

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