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ELCAllowedNot stated in the judgment· [2024] KEELC 3556 (KLR)

Munge v Koech (Environment & Land Case 143 of 2018) [2024] KEELC 3556 (KLR)

Environment and Land Court
11 April 2024
AOA. O. Ombwayo
329 words in judgment
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The bottom line

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A Nakuru court ordered a landowner's eviction because the earlier judgment stood, the decree was served, and the deadline to vacate expired.

What this practically means

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Executive summary

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This is a ruling of the Environment and Land Court at Nakuru delivered virtually on 11 April 2024 by A. O. Ombwayo J, on an application by John Ndungire Munge (plaintiff/applicant) seeking eviction of Leonard Chepkwony Koech (defendant/respondent) from land parcel Nakuru/Nyota Complex Ext./43. The application was grounded on a judgment delivered on 18 March 2021 in which the court ordered the respondent to vacate the parcel within 30 days of service of the judgment and/or decree, failing which he would be forcibly evicted. The applicant deponed that the decree was served on the respondent on 28 June 2023, that more than 30 days had since lapsed, and that the respondent had neglected and refused to vacate despite notification. The applicant further sought that the eviction be carried out by White Silver Auctioneers assisted by the OCS Molo Police Station, and that costs be borne by the respondent. The court found the application merited, observing that the judgment on record had not been set aside, no appeal was pending against it, the decree had been extracted and served, and the respondent had not replied to the application. The court granted eviction orders against the respondent from the parcel, directed that the eviction be executed by White Silver Auctioneers assisted by the OCS Molo Police Station, and ordered the respondent to bear the costs of the application. The ruling is unopposed first-instance enforcement of an existing decree; no authorities or statutes were cited.

Key legal issues

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Whether eviction orders should issue on the strength of an unexecuted decree

Holding

The court granted eviction orders because the judgment stood, no appeal was pending, the decree was served and the respondent never replied.

Reasoning

The court verified that the underlying judgment of 18 March 2021 ordering the respondent to vacate within 30 days remained unchallenged - it had not been set aside and no appeal was pending. The decree had been extracted and served on 28 June 2023, and more than 30 days had lapsed without compliance. The respondent filed no reply to the application. On these facts the application was found merited and eviction ordered.

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Legal principles established

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  • Eviction orders may issue where the judgment has not been set aside, no appeal is pending, the decree has been extracted and served, and the period to vacate has lapsed

Court orders

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  1. 1.Eviction orders to remove the defendant/respondent from land parcel Nakuru/Nyota Complex Ext./43
  2. 2.The eviction be carried out by White Silver Auctioneers assisted by the OCS Molo Police Station
  3. 3.The costs of the application be borne by the respondent
Jurisdiction invoked
Enforcement of a prior decree of the court in land parcel Nakuru/Nyota Complex Ext./43; statutory jurisdiction of the Environment and Land Court

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Cite this brief

Caselaw, "Munge v Koech (Environment & Land Case 143 of 2018) [2024] KEELC 3556 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2024). Not stated in the judgment. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2024/3556/eng@2024-04-11

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