Eunice Nyakimba Waweru v Peter Miyeinda & 3 others

REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KISII. CIVIL SUIT NO. 56 OF 2008 EUNICE NYAKIMBA WAWERU…………………………….PLAINTIFF VERSUS PETER MIYEINDA…………………………… 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPODENT ANN NYABONYI NYANGW’ARA………….. 2ND DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL…………………3RD DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT ZEPHANIANYANG’WARA………………… 4TH DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT RULING The first defendant filed on application dated 15th December, 2008 seeking, inter alia, an order that the plaintiff, second and fourth defendants be compelled to give him vacant possession of the property known as West Kitutu/Bomatasa/2549, hereinafter referred to as the “suit property”. Alternatively, he prayed that they be ordered to pay rent to him for the period they have remained in illegal possession of the same. He claimed to have purchased the same from the second and fourth defendants. The suit property was eventually transferred to him. The second and fourth defendants contested that application though the fourth defendant later got into an agreement with the first defendant for refund of his money. Before the application was fully heard, the first defendant sold and transferred the suit property to Eucabeth Mwango Nyango Nyangena and Joseph Nyangena Ombego who became the joint registered proprietors of the same on 3rd February, 2010. The plaintiff and the fourth defendants termed that transfer fraudulent since the court had ordered that the status quo be maintained. They urged the court to dismiss the first defendant’s application and order that the aforesaid purchasers be joined as defendants in this suit. The first defendant, having sold and transferred his interest in the suit property, has no proprietary interest in the same and cannot therefore be granted the orders sought in his application under reference. On the other hand, the court cannot proceed to hear this case and make orders that may be adverse to the interests of the current registered proprietors of the same before granting them an opportunity to be heard. The court will also require to investigate how the transaction was carried out. Consequently I make the following orders:(a) The first defendant’s application dated th 15 December, 2008 is dismissed with costs. (b) Eucabeth Mwango Ombego and Joseph Nyangena are ordered joined as defendants in this suit. (c) This case which was commenced by way of an originating summons shall be resolved by way of viva voce evidence. (d) The costs of this application shall be in the cause. DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED THIS 29TH DAY OF JULY, 2010. D. MUSINGA JUDGE. 29/7/2010

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