Kitale Elgon Co-op. Union Ltd & 2 Others v Seth Nyaware Omamo & Agricultural Finance Corporation

REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI CORAM: OMOLO, TUNOI & OWUOR, JJ.A. CIVIL APPEAL NO. 109 OF 1998 BETWEEN KITALE ELGON CO-OP. UNION LTD MICHAEL F.C. KITIYO JOHN CHEPSIGOR ......................................APPELLANTS AND SETH NYAWARE OMAMO AGRICULTURAL FINANCE CORPORATION ....................RESPONDENTS RULING OF THE COURT This appeal is obviously incurably defective. The decree upon which the appeal is purportedly based was set aside by a judge of the superior court way back on the 13th May, 1991 and the parties were then directed to agree on a fresh decree. Apparently none was drawn up and agreed upon. So in effect the appeal is not against any decree. That in itself, is a fatal defect. There is also the issue whether the 2nd respondent was ever served with the notice of appeal. The 2nd respondent is a party directly affected by the appeal and the appellant was bound to serve them. But even if the appellant thought the 2nd respondent was not directly affected the appellant was obliged to seek the direction of the court under the proviso to Rule 76 (1) of the Court's Rules. We accordingly allow the application to strike out the appeal and order that the appeal be and is hereby struck out as prayed. We award the costs of the motion to strike out to two respondents to the appeal but we make no order as to the costs of the appeal itself. Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 7th day of December, 1998. R. S. C. OMOLO --------------JUDGE OF APPEAL

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