Francis Mugambi Laichena v Equity Bank Kenya Limited & 1 other

Laichena v Equity Bank Kenya Limited & another (Civil Case E010 of 2024) [2026] KEHC 7672 (KLR) (2 June 2026) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2026] KEHC 7672 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT MERU CIVIL CASE E010 OF 2024 HM NYAGA, J JUNE 2, 2026 BETWEEN FRANCIS MUGAMBI LAICHENA ......................................................... PLAINTIFF AND EQUITY BANK KENYA LIMITED ................................................ 1ST DEFENDANT KEYSIAN AUCTIONEERS ............................................................. 2ND DEFENDANT RULING 1. Coming up for determination is the defendant’s application dated 8th November, 2025 which seeks the following orders: 2. The gist of the application is that this court dismissed the plaintifi’s application for injunction, allowing the defendant to proceed to exercise its statutory power of sale. That the plaintifi/respondent has obstructed or prevented the defendant’s agents from accessing the premises in order to conduct a valuation. 3. The respondent did not file a response. 4. On 13th June 2025, the respondent’s application for injunction dated 24th July 2024 was dismissed with an order that fresh valuation be carried out in order to ascertain the current value of the property ofiered as security. 5. There being no orders of injunction in force, the respondent has no grounds to prevent the applicant and its agents from accessing the premises. 6. I therefore allow the application. 7. The costs to be incurred shall be borne by the respondent. DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT MERU THIS 2ND DAY OF JUNE 2026. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2026/7672/eng@2026-06-02 1

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