Kamau v Maina (Civil Suit E062 of 2025) [2026] KEMC 182 (KLR)

Kamau v Maina (Civil Suit E062 of 2025) [2026] KEMC 182 (KLR) (24 June 2026) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2026] KEMC 182 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE MURANG'A LAW COURTS CIVIL SUIT E062 OF 2025 GK WAITHIRA, SRM JUNE 24, 2026 BETWEEN MICHAEL IRUNGU KAMAU .................................................................. PLAINTIFF AND JANE NYAMBURA MAINA ................................................................. DEFENDANT RULING 1. The plaintifi has sought assessment of his costs vide a request dated 10th March 2026. The suit was filed against the defendant on 10th April 2025 and judgment entered in his favor for a sum of Kshs. 18,900/ =. The defendant did not oppose the application for assessment of costs despite service. This court will nevertheless assess the plaintifi’s costs in accordance with Order 21, rule 9A of the Civil Procedure Rules. The applicable scale will be Schedule 7 of the Advocates (Remuneration (Amendment) Order, 2014 (herein “the Schedule”). 2. The Schedule provides a fee of Kshs. 15,000/= at paragraph 1 where the sum found due does not exceed Kshs. 50,000/=. Item 1 is therefore assessed at Kshs. 15,000/=. 3. The sum of Kshs. 18,900/= awarded by the court should be pursued through the usual execution proceedings. Item 2 of the request is therefore disallowed. 4. The schedule provides a sum of Kshs. 1,400/= for service within 3 kilometers of the court. For Any extra travelling and subsistence expenses incurred by the process server, paragraph 10 provides that the actual expense should be paid. As no proof of extra expenses has been furnished to the court, items 8 to 10 are assessed at Kshs. 1,400/= each. 5. The plaintifi has sought disbursements for filing the request for assessment for costs at item 7. The same is assessed at Kshs. 500/= based on the receipt on record. 6. Items 3 to 6 and 11 to 16 are drawn to scale and are therefore allowed as prayed. 7. Taking all the foregoing into account, the plaintifi’s costs are assessed at Kshs. 32,500/=. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kemc/2026/182/eng@2026-06-24 1

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