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Republic v County Police Commander – Nairobi & 4 others Ex-parte Samwell Mbata & 1497 others [2014] KEHC 8431 (KLR)

[2014] KEHC 8431 (KLR) High Court of Kenya
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Court
High Court of Kenya
Case number
8431
Citation
[2014] KEHC 8431 (KLR)
Decided
30 October 2014
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TypeJudicial ReviewPostureApplication for Prohibition and CertiorariCoramW. KORIR
Holding

The court granted the application and issued an order prohibiting the Nairobi County Police Commander and his agents from evicting the applicants from the land parcel.

Facts

Samuel Mbata and 1497 others applied for an order prohibiting the Nairobi County Police Commander and his agents from evicting them from land parcel L. R. NO. NAIROBI/BLOCK/82/8760 (Sub-division of Original Number 82/4264 NAIROBI).

Issues

  1. Prohibition of eviction
  2. Quashing of verbal eviction order
  3. Stay of eviction order

Reasoning

The court found that the applicants had a legitimate claim to the land and that the eviction order was unlawful.

Outcome

Granted

Orders

  • Order of Prohibition
  • Order of Certiorari
  • Stay of Eviction Order

Remedies

  • Prohibition of eviction
  • Quashing of verbal eviction order
  • Stay of eviction order
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