Muchugi & 9 others v Muchugi; Mbugua & 2 others (Interested Parties) (Civil Case 1972 of 2000) [2025] KEHC 1482 (KLR) (Civ) (6 February 2025) (Directions) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 1482 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NAIROBI (MILIMANI LAW COURTS) CIVIL CIVIL CASE 1972 OF 2000 JN MULWA, J FEBRUARY 6, 2025 BETWEEN JOYCE NDUTA MUCHUGI ................................................................ 1ST PLAINTIFF STEPHEN KAMAU MUCHUGI ........................................................ 2ND PLAINTIFF JOHN JOSEPH MBUGUA MUCHUGI ............................................. 3RD PLAINTIFF MICHAEL MUTHUMU MUCHUGI ................................................. 4TH PLAINTIFF PATRICK KINYANJUI MUCHUGI .................................................. 5TH PLAINTIFF JAMES WAMAGATA MUCHUGI ...................................................... 6TH PLAINTIFF PETER MBUGUA MUCHUGI ........................................................... 7TH PLAINTIFF CHRISTOPHER MIRI MUCHUGI ................................................... 8TH PLAINTIFF PAUL KINYANJUI MUCHUGI ......................................................... 9TH PLAINTIFF FRANCIS KAMA MUCHUGI ......................................................... 10TH PLAINTIFF AND JAMES NDUNG’U MUCHUGI ............................................................. DEFENDANT AND ANTHONY MUCUGI MBUGUA .......................................... INTERESTED PARTY JANET WAMBUI KIARIE ...................................................... INTERESTED PARTY CHRISTINE WAMBUI MUNGAI ......................................... INTERESTED PARTY https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/1482/eng@2025-02-06 1
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DIRECTIONS 1. For determination before the court is the Intended parties motion dated 30/05/2024. It is bought under Sections 63(3), 1A, 1B and 3A of the Civil Procedure Act. Section 80(1) of the land Registration Act, 2012, order 1 rule 10(2) order 22 rule 49 & 50, order 51 rules 1, 4 & 13(2) of the Civil Procedure Rules. 2. The court has perused the orders that the interested parties are seeking concerning distribution of various titles being;a. Kiambaa/Thimbigua/4475 & 4477, (lifting of prohibitory orders) b. Kiambaa/Thimbigua/4475 & 4477 to be registered in their names to hold in trust of others; and c. And also for the said properties to be registered as joint proprietors to be held in trust for the beneficiaries of the house of Jane Njeri Muchugi. 3. The application is crafted and drafted as an ex-parte application. 4. Upon considering the far-reaching prayers and orders sought by the interested parties, I find it necessary that the motion be served upon the plaintifis and the defendants for their input in the application. 5. As such the awaited ruling scheduled for 6/02/2025 is stayed to facilitate concurrence of all the parties in the prayers sought, who if they consent, the court will urge that a consent be drafted and be signed by all the plaintifis through their duly appointed advocates, the defendant by its advocate and by the interested parties. Orders accordingly DELIVERED, DATED AND SIGNED AT NAIROBI THIS 6TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2025. JANET MULWA JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/1482/eng@2025-02-06 2
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