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ELCPartially AllowedNot stated in judgment· [2021] KEELC 4554 (KLR)
Republic v Land Adjudication Officer Meru South/Maara District Exparte Zachary Njeru Mugambi & 2 others; M’Riba Rumukia & another (Interested Parties) [2021] KEELC 4554 (KLR)
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#A Kenyan land court fixed its own mistake, allowing a land order to be enforced by adding the missing parcel numbers.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This was an application dated 27th January 2021, brought under sections 3 and 3A of the Civil Procedure Act, in which the applicants sought two orders: that the application be heard on a priority basis, and that the court review/vary its order dated 14th October 2020 so as to include the resultant numbers of the subdivision of L.R. No. Muthambi/L-Kandugu/87, namely parcels 1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1944, 1945 and 1946. The application was supported by the affidavit of Francis Kaburu sworn on 27th January 2021. The grounds were that the Land Registrar was unable to implement the court order because the order did not mention the numbers of the sub-divided parcels to be cancelled, naming only number 87, and that the omission of the parcels was regrettable. The court considered the application to be one meant to facilitate the implementation of its own order. The third applicant, Francis Kaburu, asked the court to allow the application. Delivered by Hon. Justice (Dr) P. M. Njorge, ELC Judge, at Chuka on 1st February 2021, the court allowed prayer 2 of the application - thereby varying the order of 14th October 2020 to include the omitted resultant parcel numbers - and awarded no costs. The application thus succeeded in enabling implementation of the earlier order.
Key legal issues
#01
Whether the court could review/vary its order of 14.10.2020 to include omitted subdivision parcel numbers
Holding
The court allowed the review to facilitate implementation of its own order
Reasoning
The court observed that the Land Registrar could not implement the order of 14.10.2020 because it named only parcel number 87 and did not mention the numbers of the sub-divided parcels to be cancelled. The omission was acknowledged as an error, and the court treated the application as one meant to facilitate implementation of its own order, warranting the grant of prayer 2.
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Legal principles established
#- The court retains power under sections 3 and 3A of the Civil Procedure Act to review/vary its own order to correct an omission that hinders implementation of the order
Court orders
#- 1.Prayer 2 of the application allowed - the order dated 14.10.2020 varied to include the resultant parcel numbers of the subdivision of L.R. No. Muthambi/L-Kandugu/87, namely 1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1944, 1945 and 1946
- 2.No costs awarded
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Sections 3 and 3A of the Civil Procedure Act
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Republic v Land Adjudication Officer Meru South/Maara District Exparte Zachary Njeru Mugambi & 2 others; M’Riba Rumukia & another (Interested Parties) [2021] KEELC 4554 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2021). Not stated in judgment. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2021/4554/eng@2021-02-01
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