REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT MERU CIVIL SUIT NO 135 OF 2008 M'MUKETHA M'NJAU ….........................................................PLAINTIFF VERSUS ISMAEL NDEGWA M'MIRUNGU............................................DEFENDANT RULING This application is dated 20th, November, 2015 and seeks orders:THAT an order be issued and a date be set, for visit to the disputed suit land (locus in quo) by the 1. District Surveyor in the presence of the Plaintiff/Applicant and the Defendant/Respondent. 2. THAT the costs for this application be provided for: The application is buttressed by the Supporting affidavit of M'MUKETHA M' NJAU and has the following grounds:1. THAT the applicant is the owner of L.R. No. NTIMA/IGOKI/ 1887 and the Defendant /Respondent who owns L.R NTIMA/IGOKI/6070 is his neighbour. 2. THAT the Defendant /Respondent has encroached into the applicants land and illegally constructed thereon. 3. THAT the Plaintiff/Applicant reported the trespass to the Land Registrar but the dispute was never resolved. 4. THAT the Defendant/Respondent continued encroachment deprives the Applicant the right to possess, use and enjoyment of L.R NO. NTIMA/IGOKI/1887. 5. The Applicant continues to suffer irreparably. On 12th April, 2016, the parties proffered a Consent which they asked the Court to adopt as its order. The Consent is in the following terms:“By Consent of the parties and their respective Advocates, the District Surveyor Meru Central in the presence of the parties and their Advocates to visit Land Parcel numbers NTIMA/IGOKI/1887 and NTIMA/IGOKI/6070 and determine the position of the boundary between the two parcels of land. A report on the site visit be filed in court within 60 days. Parties to share costs of the scene visit. We consent”.
page 1 of 2
The Consent is duly signed by the Advocates representing the parties. The following orders are issued:1. The Consent is adopted as an order of this Court. 2. As indicated in the Consent, parties will share costs of the visit to the locus in quo by the District Surveyor, Meru Central District. 3. As already undertaken, the Plaintiff will move the Surveyor appropriately, in liaison with the defendant's Advocate. It is so ordered. Delivered in open Court at Meru this 12th day of April, 2016 in the presence of:CC: Daniel/Lilian Manases Kariuki for the Plaintiff Munene for the defendant P.M NJOROGE JUDGE
page 2 of 2