Richard Kamau Karanu v The Registrar of Companies & 1 other

Karanu v Registrar of Companies & another (Miscellaneous Application E171 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 4658 (KLR) (Civ) (8 April 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 4658 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NAIROBI (MILIMANI LAW COURTS) CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION E171 OF 2025 SIFUNA NIXON, J APRIL 8, 2025 BETWEEN RICHARD KAMAU KARANU ............................................................. APPLICANT AND THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES .......................................... 1ST RESPONDENT ATTORNEY GENERAL ............................................................... 2ND RESPONDENT RULING 1. This ruling is from an Application by Dr Ann Muthoni Kamanu, and in which she is seeking to be joined in this Miscellaneous Cause as an Interested Party. The main reason she has stated for her proposed joinder, is that she is the Administrator and also beneficiary of the Late George Karanu who was her father. 2. Order 1 Rule 10(2) of the Civil Procedure Rules allows for joinder of a party whose presence and or participation in the suit, is necessary to enable the court effectually adjudicate the issues in the suit. The proposed Interested Party being a beneficiary and Administrator of the Estate of George Karanu who was her father. The Applicant in the main cause has also mentioned her as part of the household of the deceased. 3. This joinder Application has been considered by this Court in terms of the legal threshold for joinder stated in Order 1 Rule 10 of the Civil Procedure Rules, as well as the principles set by the Supreme Court of Kenya in the Mumo Matemu case. 4. Cardinal among the requirements for such joinder is that the Applicant should demonstrate having a legally recognizable stake in the matter the subject of the suit, or is a necessary party whose presence https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/4658/eng@2025-04-08 1

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