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Nahashon Oywa Amanga v Board of Management Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology [2019] KEELRC 1100 (KLR)

[2019] KEELRC 1100 (KLR) Employment & Labour Relations Court
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Court
Employment & Labour Relations Court
Case number
1100
Citation
[2019] KEELRC 1100 (KLR)
Decided
28 March 2019
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Summary at a glance

TypeLabor DisputePostureClaimant filed the Memorandum of Claim, Respondent filed Response to Claim and Counter-claimCoramM. MBARU
The claimant’s Verifying Affidavit is not verified due to the lack of a proper commissioning and the affidavit is not dated.

Facts

Claimant filed the Memorandum of Claim on 23rd February, 2016, and the Verifying Affidavit was commissioned by Elias Ngugi Ng’ang’a Advocate, Commissioner for Oaths, but not dated.

Issues

  • Verification of the Verifying Affidavit
  • Irregularity in commissioning the affidavit

Reasoning

The court ruled that the Verifying Affidavit was not properly commissioned and was not dated, which is a violation of the Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act.

Outcome

The Memorandum of Claim is struck out.

Authorities cited

Legislation (2)
  • Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act Cap 15
  • Advocates Act Cap 15
Cases cited (1)
  • Stephen M Mogaka versus Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission (IEBC) & 2 others [2017] eKLR
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