Thomas Mwiraria Murithi v The Catholic Diocese of Meru & 6 Others

Murithi v Catholic Diocese of Meru & 6 others; Kananu & 2 others (Interested Parties) (Petition E030 of 2025) [2026] KEHC 6573 (KLR) (14 May 2026) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2026] KEHC 6573 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT MERU PETITION E030 OF 2025 SM GITHINJI, J MAY 14, 2026 BETWEEN THOMAS MWIRARIA MURITHI ...................................................... PETITIONER AND THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF MERU & 6 OTHERS ................... RESPONDENT AND FRIDAH KANANU ................................................................. INTERESTED PARTY AUSTIN MWENDA ................................................................. INTERESTED PARTY BRIDGET KINYA .................................................................... INTERESTED PARTY RULING 1. Exparte orders were issued in this matter on 5/10/2025. There are accumulating bills at the morgue where the body is preserved of which we are told is upto the tune of 415,800/-. 2. Since 16th April, 2026 Mr. Oriku for the Petitioner does not attend Court and neither does the Petitioner himself attend. They appear to have lost interest in the Petition but are shy of indicating so. Pendancy of the Petition is wasting Court’s and parties time and other resources. There’s need to bring it to an end. Postmortem was done and probably there’s no pending issue in relation to disposal of the deceased’s body. 3. In the light of the foregoing I do vacate the orders of 5/10/2025 and dismiss the Petition with costs to 1st and 2nd Respondents. DATED AND DELIVERED AT MERU THIS 14TH DAY OF MAY, 2026. S.M. GITHINJI JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2026/6573/eng@2026-05-14 1

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