Watu Credit Limited v Dickson Omonde t/a Dimonde Agencies & Auctioneers & another (Environment and Land Appeal 29 of 2022) [2023] KEELC 17750 (KLR) (6 June 2023) (Ruling)
- Court
- Environment & Land Court
- Case number
- 17750
- Citation
- [2023] KEELC 17750 (KLR)
- Decided
- 6 June 2023
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TypeLandlord Tenant DisputePostureAppeal from a Chamber Summons application seeking distress of rentCoramEC CHERONO
Holding
The Chamber summons application is incompetent and dismissed with costs.
Facts
Watu Credit Limited filed a Chamber Summons application against Dickson Omonde t/a Dimonde Agencies & Auctioneers and Benson Ndirangu Nganga seeking distress of rent due to unpaid rent.
Issues
- Jurisdiction of the trial court to issue orders for distress of rent
- Whether the Domestic Taxes Department should be joined as an interested party
Reasoning
The court found that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to issue orders for distress of rent as it pertained to a business premises and rent dispute. The proposed interested party, the Domestic Taxes Department, was not a proper or necessary party to the proceedings.
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
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