Nicholas Oracha Omeny v Richard Olunga Migan & another [2021] KEELC 1097 (KLR)
The bottom line
#A Kenyan court approved a family settlement transferring bought land to the buyer, showing land disputes can end quickly through consent.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Whether the claim for adverse possession could be determined on the basis of the parties' consent
The court entered judgment in the terms of the consent under which the defendants acknowledged the plaintiff's purchase of 2.5 acres and undertook to survey and transfer it
The defendants were duly served but did not respond. The parties thereafter recorded a consent compromising the suit, acknowledging the plaintiff's purchase of a 2.5-acre portion from the deceased registered proprietor and providing for survey and transfer, other portions for a third-party purchaser and the remainder for the defendants. The court endorsed the consent and entered judgment in its terms as an expeditious consensual disposal consistent with Article 159(2).
Legal principles established
#- A suit may properly be compromised by consent of the parties, and judgment may be entered in the terms of the consent, in furtherance of Article 159(2) of the Constitution
Court orders
#- 1.Judgment entered in terms of the consent recorded on 10th July 2020 (paragraphs 5(a) to (f))
- 2.The defendants to survey the 2.5 acres (1.0 hectares) purchased by the plaintiff and transfer it to his name
- 3.The defendants to survey and transfer the 3.0 acres (1.2 Ha) portion sold to Mrs. Majuma Yago Agunga to her
- 4.The remaining portion measuring approximately 1.73 hectares (4.325 acres) to be registered in the names of Pitalis Kaumba Migan and Richard Olunga Migan as proprietors in common in equal undivided shares
- 5.Each party to bear his own costs
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Article 159(2)(b)(c) and (e) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and section 3 of the Environment and Land Court Act, 2015
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#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Nicholas Oracha Omeny v Richard Olunga Migan & another [2021] KEELC 1097 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2021). Originating Summons dated 5th February, 2019, filed 27th February 2019. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2021/1097/eng@2021-11-08
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