Joseph Njuguna Ngugi v Hellen Mbutu Ngugi

Ngugi v Ngugi (Miscellaneous Application E012 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 4720 (KLR) (27 March 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 4720 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KIAMBU MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION E012 OF 2025 DO CHEPKWONY, J MARCH 27, 2025 BETWEEN JOSEPH NJUGUNA NGUGI .................................................................. APPLICANT AND HELLEN MBUTU NGUGI .................................................................. RESPONDENT RULING 1. The matter is scheduled for inter-parties hearing of the Notice of Motion application dated 6th March, 2025. However, the Respondent has not filed any response or attended court despite having been served with the application, directions and hearing Notice on 20th March, 2025 as evidenced by the Affidavit of Service dated on even date. 2. In the said Notice of Motion application, the Applicant has sought for orders that:a. That an order of transfer of Succession Cause No.58 of 2018 from Kikuyu Law Courts to High Court of Kenya at Kiambu. b. Costs of this application be provided for. 3. The gist of this application as set out on its face and Supporting Affidavit sworn by Joseph Njuguna Ngugi is that the Estate of the Deceased surpasses the pecuniary jurisdiction of the lower court for the reason that the Deceased’s Estate value exceeds the sum of Kshs.20,000,000/=. It is further supposed by an annexure enumerating the Deceased’s assets estimated at Kshs.30,000,000.00. 4. There being no response, or attendance by the Respondent and or counsel, the application stands unchallenged. 5. In the circumstances, the Notice of Motion application dated 6th March, 2025 is allowed as prayed in the following terms:- https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/4720/eng@2025-03-27 1

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