Car Wash Den Limited (Suing Through One of the Directors Samuel Kimani Karanja) v Njoroge & 2 others (Environment and Land Appeal E017 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 3344 (KLR)

Car Wash Den Limited (Suing Through One of the Directors Samuel Kimani Karanja) v Njoroge & 2 others (Environment and Land Appeal E017 of 2025) [2026] KEELC 3344 (KLR) (28 May 2026) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2026] KEELC 3344 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND LAND COURT AT MURANGA ENVIRONMENT AND LAND APPEAL E017 OF 2025 MN GICHERU, J MAY 28, 2026 BETWEEN CAR WASH DEN LIMITED (SUING THROUGH ONE OF THE DIRECTORS SAMUEL KIMANI KARANJA) ............................................................. APPELLANT AND JOSEPH MWANGI NJOROGE ..................................................... 1ST RESPONDENT FRANCIS KARANJA NJOROGE ............................................... 2ND RESPONDENT STEPHEN GITHAIGA .................................................................. 3RD RESPONDENT (Being an appeal from the Ruling of the learned Senior Resident Magistrate Hon. M.E. Analo in Murang’a C.M.C ELC Case No. E074 of 2025 delivered on 7 th May, 2025) RULING Ruling 1. This Appeal has been pending before this Court since 12-5-2025 when the memorandum of appeal dated 9-5-2025 was filed. Since then, the record of appeal has not been filed. The matter has come up for mention on several occasions such as 1-12-2025, 23-2-2026, 30-4-2026 and today. On all the above mentioned dates, the Court has indulged the Appellants’ counsel giving him a chance to file and serve the record of appeal. A last adjournment was given on 30-4-2026, almost a month ago. The record of appeal is not yet filed and served. We are now being told that the Appellant’s counsel has lost touch with his clients and wishes to file an application to cease acting. He should have filed such an application much earlier. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2026/3344/eng@2026-05-28 1

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