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ELRCPartially AllowedNakuru MCELRC 215 of 2022 (application for stay of execution and extension of time)· [2024] KEELRC 1140 (KLR)

Mijengo Investments Limited v Kemunto (Miscellaneous Application E008 of 2024) [2024] KEELRC 1140 (KLR)

Employment and Labour Relations Court
30 April 2024
HWHellen Wasilwa
4,608 words in judgment
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The bottom line

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A Nakuru employment court paused execution of a Kshs 232,114 judgment, but only because the company agreed to deposit the full amount in court within 30 days.

What this practically means

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Executive summary

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By an amended notice of motion dated 19th February 2024, Mijengo Investments Limited, the judgment debtor in Nakuru MCELRC 215 of 2022 (Reah Kemunto v Mijengo Investments Limited), sought stay of execution of the whole judgment and decree delivered on 29th November 2023 by Honourable Emmanuel Soita, and leave to appeal out of time. The decree stood at Kshs 232,114.81 plus costs of Kshs 54,605.70, with warrants of attachment already issued through Gillette Traders Auctioneers. The applicant attributed the delay in filing the appeal to the court registry's failure to supply typed proceedings and the certified judgment, and contended that execution against its milling machinery would cripple its operations as a going concern. The respondent opposed, arguing the application was an afterthought to deny her the fruits of judgment, that she was a successful litigant condemned to unemployment, and alternatively sought that half the decretal sum be paid to her with the balance held in a joint interest-earning account. Both parties filed written submissions. The court, Hellen Wasilwa J, found that the applicant had filed a Notice of Appeal on the very day of judgment, so the prayer for leave to appeal out of time was superfluous and was refused. Stay of execution was granted but only on condition that the entire decretal sum be deposited in court within 30 days, failing which execution would issue. Costs of the application were ordered to abide the outcome of the appeal. The ruling was delivered virtually on 30th April 2024.

Key legal issues

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Whether stay of execution pending appeal should be granted

Holding

Stay granted on condition that the entire decretal sum is deposited in court within 30 days, default of which execution issues

Reasoning

The court considered the parties' averments and the Order 42 rule 6(2) principles canvassed in submissions: substantial loss, delay and security. Balancing the applicant's claim that execution against its tools of trade would cripple a going concern against the respondent's right to the fruits of judgment, the court conditioned stay on deposit of the whole decretal sum, thereby securing the successful litigant while preserving the appeal.

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Whether leave to appeal out of time was necessary

Holding

The prayer for extension of time was refused as superfluous because a Notice of Appeal was filed on the day of the judgment

Reasoning

The court noted the judgment was delivered on 29th November 2023 and the applicant filed a Notice of Appeal the same day. Since an appeal was already lodged, all that remained was for the applicant to compile and file the record. Extension of time under section 79G was therefore unnecessary, rendering that limb of the application redundant.

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Legal principles established

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  • Stay of execution pending appeal may be granted on conditions, including deposit of the decretal sum in court, to secure the decree while preserving the appeal

Court orders

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  1. 1.The application for leave to file the appeal out of time declined as superfluous since a Notice of Appeal was filed on the day of judgment
  2. 2.Stay of execution granted conditionally: the entire decretal sum to be deposited in court within 30 days
  3. 3.In default of the deposit, execution to issue
  4. 4.Costs of the application to abide the outcome of the appeal
On appeal from
Employment and Labour Relations Court (Nakuru)
Nakuru MCELRC 215 of 2022
Jurisdiction invoked
Sections 1A, 1B, 63(e) of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 42 Rule 6 & 2 of the Civil Procedure Rules, 2010; section 79G of the Civil Procedure Act as read with Order 50 Rule 5 of the Civil Procedure Rules

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Cite this brief

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Cite this brief

Caselaw, "Mijengo Investments Limited v Kemunto (Miscellaneous Application E008 of 2024) [2024] KEELRC 1140 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2024). Nakuru MCELRC 215 of 2022 (application for stay of execution and extension of time). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2024/1140/eng@2024-04-30

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