Joseph Mwathi Kitonga v Christopher Kimani Kamau (Environment & Land Case 167 of 2017) [2017] KEELC 57 (KLR) (25 July 2017) (Ruling)
- Court
- Environment & Land Court
- Case number
- 57
- Citation
- [2017] KEELC 57 (KLR)
- Decided
- 25 July 2017
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TypeInterim InjunctionPostureAppeal from a final orderCoramM.C. OUNDO, SILA MUNYAO
Holding
The court grants a temporary injunction restraining the respondent from interfering, entering, charging, leasing, encroaching, trespassing, and/or evicting the applicant from the suit land pending the hearing and determination of the suit.
Facts
The applicant, Joseph Mwathi Kitonga, claimed that the respondent, Christopher Kimani Kamau, had fraudulently obtained a title deed to the suit land, Nyandarua/Olkalou Salient/344, and threatened to evict him from the land where he had lived for 26 years.
Issues
- Whether the court should grant the applicant an interim injunction pending the hearing of the suit
- Whether the applicant has a prima facie case with chances of success
Reasoning
The court finds that the applicant has established a prima facie case with chances of success and that if the injunction is not granted, he is likely to suffer irreparable damage.
Outcome
Grant of interim injunction
Orders
- Temporal injunction restraining the respondent from interfering, entering, charging, leasing, encroaching, trespassing, and/or evicting the applicant from the suit land pending the hearing and determination of the suit
- Award of costs of the Notice of Motion
Remedies
- Interim injunction
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