Meshack Kirimi Mwithimbu & 7 others v Liquidator Nkuene Farmers Co-operative Society Limited & 16 others [2019] KEELRC 973 (KLR)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE EMPLOYMENT & LABOUR RELATIONS COURT OF KENYA AT NYERI CAUSE NO. 49 OF 2013 MESHACK KIRIMI MWITHIMBU & 7 OTHERS..................CLAIMANTS VERSUS LIQUIDATOR NKUENE FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED & 16 OTHERS....................................RESPONDENTS RULING 1. The matter has come to the court from a decision of the Deputy Registrar Hon. Bosibori. The learned Deputy Registrar held that she had no jurisdiction since the parties had raised a matter that was beyond her mandate. I have perused the file and her determination as well as the decision in Parbat & Company Limited v Kenyatta University [2000] eKLR where Waki J. (as he then was) held the special powers of the Registrar on execution are limited to formal orders and not to contentious applications. Those are not only expressly reserved for a judge by order 48 but also expressly left to the “Court” under section 34 of the Act. The court is if the view that jurisdiction is reposed in this court as held by the learned Deputy Registrar. The court will invite parties to accordingly file their respective submissions on the issue in accordance with directions to be given after the Ruling. It is so ordered. Dated and delivered at Nyeri this 30th day of July 2019 Nzioki wa Makau JUDGE I certify that this is a true copy of the Original Deputy Registrar