Roland Mbuba Mukingo v Lucy Karimi Mucioka [2019] KEELC 3731 (KLR)
The bottom line
#The court lifted a caution and inhibition blocking a land transfer, letting a woman finally receive the one acre a court had already awarded her.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Whether the inhibition and caution over land parcel Magumoni/Thuita/149 should be lifted to implement the decree
Yes - the court allowed the lifting of the inhibition and caution for purposes of the transfer
The suit had been finalized and a decree existed directing the Executive Officer to sign all requisite documents to enable transfer of one acre to the applicant. Counsel for the applicant submitted that the application was meant to implement a court judgment/decree, and the judge agreed. With no substantive matter pending before any court, the inhibition and caution could no longer serve any purpose and were lifted for purposes of the transfer.
Whether the original title deed could be dispensed with
Yes - the court dispensed with the original title to enable the transfer
The applicant explained that she was unable to effect the transfer because the title deed was inhibited by a court order dated 17th February, 2010 and subject to a caution lodged by a person claiming a purchaser's interest. Since the court allowed lifting of the inhibition and caution, it also dispensed with the original title to facilitate registration of the transfer of the one acre.
Legal principles established
#- A finalized suit leaves no impediment to execution; an inhibition imposed pending determination must be lifted to enable implementation of the decree
Court orders
#- 1.Prayer 2 allowed: removal/lifting of the caution/inhibition placed over land parcel No. Magumoni/Thuita/149 for purposes of effecting the transfer of one (1) acre to the applicant
- 2.Prayer 3 allowed: dispensation of the original title deed
- 3.Costs awarded to the applicant
- 4.It is so ordered
- On appeal from
- null
- null
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Inherent power of the court to enforce and give effect to its own decree (the suit in Chuka SRM LDT Case No. 4 of 2008 is finalized and the application seeks to implement the decree)
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Roland Mbuba Mukingo v Lucy Karimi Mucioka [2019] KEELC 3731 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2019). Chuka SRM LDT Case No. 4 of 2008 (Notice of Motion dated 28th March, 2019). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2019/3731/eng@2019-04-03
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