Omalla v Oriwo & another (Environment and Land Case 36 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 6853 (KLR)
The bottom line
#A Kenyan court ordered police to provide security for a court-ordered eviction, but refused to let the auctioneer use force.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Key legal issues
#Whether the OCS Sega Police Station should provide security to an auctioneer effecting an eviction, and whether the auctioneer may use force
Police security was granted because maintaining peace during eviction is their statutory role, but the prayer to use force was declined
The court relied on Rule 9 of the Auctioneers Rules, which permits an auctioneer facing resistance or likely breach of peace to request a police escort, applying it by analogy to evictions. Section 2(d) of the Auctioneers Act deems persons carrying out court-ordered evictions to be auctioneers, giving the auctioneer statutory backing. The court reaffirmed that police execute no decree; they only maintain security. Prayer 3 lacked any measurable benchmark for 'reasonable force' and was refused.
Legal principles established
#- The police's role in execution of court orders is limited to maintaining law and order and preventing breach of the peace, not executing the decree
Court orders
#- 1.Ex-parte orders that the officer in charge of Sega Police station do provide security to Jairo Ounza Mukoya t/a Yamuko Auctioneers during the eviction of the respondents
- 2.Decree be extracted and served upon the respondents; applicants at liberty to proceed with execution once there is full compliance with Section 38 of the Civil Procedure Act, Order 22 of the Civil Procedure Rules, and Section 152A of the Land Act
- 3.Parties to appear before the Deputy Registrar ELC to confirm compliance
- 4.No orders as to costs on the application
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Auctioneers Rules Rule 9, Legal Notice 120 of 1997; Auctioneers Act Cap 526; post-judgment execution under Section 38 Civil Procedure Act and Section 152A Land Act
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#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Omalla v Oriwo & another (Environment and Land Case 36 of 2021) [2025] KEELC 6853 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2025). Notice of Motion dated 22/10/2024 (Misc. Application). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2025/6853/eng@2025-10-09
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