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ELCOtherELC Miscellaneous Application (undated/number not stated on the face of the extract)· [2022] KEELC 2749 (KLR)
Kaunguru v Muthuia & another (Miscellaneous Application E001 of 2021) [2022] KEELC 2749 (KLR)
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#The Isiolo Environment and Land Court declined to decide a stay and review application without hearing all parties, ordering proper service within 14 days.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This short interlocutory ruling of the Environment and Land Court at Isiolo, delivered in chambers on 18th May 2022 by P. M. Njoroge J, deals with a notice of motion dated 17th May 2022. The application sought certification as urgent, a temporary stay of execution of the court's own rulings delivered on 14th February 2022 and 21st March 2022 in ELC Miscellaneous Application No. E001 of 2021, review of those rulings, and costs. The application was supported by the affidavit of Nancy Nkuene Muthuia, described as the 1st Respondent. The grounds advanced were: that the ruling of 14th February 2022 recorded Counsel Nyenyire as present for the 1st Respondent although he was not an advocate of the firm of Maitai Rimita & Co Advocates; that a similar stay had been declined by a court of concurrent jurisdiction in Meru ELC Misc. Application No. E21 of 2021, amounting to an error apparent on the face of the record; and that the advocate on record for the 1st Respondent, Aoko Otieno, had a conflict of interest warranting her dismissal from the firm and review of the orders. The court made no substantive determination on the merits. Holding that the application needed to be heard inter partes, it directed the Applicant to properly serve the other parties within 14 days and fixed the matter for directions on 20th June 2022. The urgent certification, stay and review prayers remain pending inter partes determination; no costs order was made.
Key legal issues
#Legal principles established
#Court orders
#- 1.The Applicant is directed to properly serve the other parties within 14 days of today
- 2.The parties will come to court for directions on 20/6/2022
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Review jurisdiction over its own rulings (rulings of 14/02/2022 and 21/03/2022 in ELC Miscellaneous Application No. E001 of 2021); no specific provision quoted in the extract
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Caselaw, "Kaunguru v Muthuia & another (Miscellaneous Application E001 of 2021) [2022] KEELC 2749 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2022). ELC Miscellaneous Application (undated/number not stated on the face of the extract). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2022/2749/eng@2022-05-18
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