Lake Region Traders Association v County Government of Kisumu (Constitutional Petition E001 of 2024) [2025] KEELC 511 (KLR) (6 February 2025) (Ruling)
- Court
- Environment & Land Court
- Case number
- 511
- Citation
- [2025] KEELC 511 (KLR)
- Decided
- 6 February 2025
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TypeConstitutional PetitionPostureAppeal from a decision to strike out the petition and applicationCoramE. ASATI
Holding
The petition is incompetent and incurably defective.
Facts
Lake Region Traders Association filed a petition and application in its own name, but the court found that the authority given to the legal officer did not include authority to sue on behalf of the members.
Issues
- Whether the petition is competent to be filed by a society registered under the Societies Act in its own name.
- Whether the petitioners' case meets the constitutional threshold for grant of the interlocutory relief.
Reasoning
The authority given to the legal officer did not include authority to sue on behalf of the members of the petitioner, and the list of people attached to the Supporting Affidavit is not signed by the people listed.
Outcome
Both the application and petition are struck out.
Orders
- Both the application and petition are struck out.
- The preliminary objection has merit.
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