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ELCOtherNot stated in the extract (Chuka High Court petition, 2020)· [2020] KEELC 188 (KLR)
William Mutuura Kairibia & another v Inspector General of Police & 8 others [2020] KEELC 188 (KLR)
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#A Kenyan High Court allowed parties to settle part of a land dispute by agreement, but a challenge to the whole case will be heard first.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This is an interlocutory record of the High Court at Chuka dated 16 December 2020, before P. M. Njoroge J. Two matters were placed before the court. First, counsel for the petitioners (Mr. Kabathi) and for the 1st and 2nd respondents (Mr. Momanyi) presented a consent under which the petition would be marked as settled against those respondents: the proceedings in Marimanti Criminal Case No. 540 of 2020 would be withdrawn under section 87(a) of the Criminal Procedure Code, the 1st and 2nd respondents would be removed from the proceedings, and there would be no order as to costs. The court adopted that consent as its order. Second, Mr. Atheru for the 8th respondent had filed a notice of preliminary objection dated 15 December 2020 seeking dismissal of the entire suit on four grounds: res judicata in light of two prior Chuka ELC matters; lack of mandatory statutory consent under section 8 of the Land Consolidation Act (Cap 283) and section 30 of the Land Adjudication Act (Cap 284); failure to exhaust statutory remedies under those Acts; and defectiveness of an application dated 25.11.2020. The court did not determine the objection; it directed that it be heard first, with written submissions to be exchanged within 21-day windows, extended interim orders pending the interpartes hearing of the application, and fixed mention for directions on 1.2.2021. No substantive rights were finally determined in this extract.
Key legal issues
#Legal principles established
#Court orders
#- 1.The Preliminary Objection filed by the 8th respondent dated 15th December 2020 be heard first, with the 8th respondent filing and exchanging written submissions within 21 days and other parties within 21 days thereafter
- 2.The consent between the petitioners and the 1st and 2nd respondents dated 16.12.2020 is adopted as an order of this court
- 3.Interim orders extended pending interpartes hearing of the application
- 4.Mention for directions on 1.2.2021
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Not stated in the extract; the court sits in original petition jurisdiction (Environment and Land list, Chuka High Court)
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Caselaw, "William Mutuura Kairibia & another v Inspector General of Police & 8 others [2020] KEELC 188 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2020). Not stated in the extract (Chuka High Court petition, 2020). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2020/188/eng@2020-12-16
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