Court of Appeal judgments

Rachel Wairimu Mukoma v Hannah Wambui Githere & 5 others [2008] KECA 302 (KLR)

✦ The Court grants a stay of execution of the judgment and decree of the superior court, allowing the applicant and the 1st respondent to continue occupying the respective portions of the suit land until the determination of the pending appeal.

[2008] KECA 302 (KLR) Court of Appeal 7 March 2008

CISSE DJIBRILLA v REPUBLIC [2008] KECA 303 (KLR)

✦ The appeal is dismissed.

[2008] KECA 303 (KLR) Court of Appeal 7 March 2008

Jackson Kipkemboi Kosgey & another v Samuel Muriithi Njogu & 8 others [2008] KECA 305 (KLR)

✦ The application is dismissed. The costs of the application shall abide the result of the intended appeal.

[2008] KECA 305 (KLR) Court of Appeal 29 February 2008

James Kimuya Mwangi & another v Republic [2008] KECA 306 (KLR)

✦ The appeals are dismissed. The appellants are sentenced to death for one count of attempted robbery with violence.

[2008] KECA 306 (KLR) Court of Appeal 29 February 2008

Northern Construction Company Limited v Attorney General & 3 others [2008] KECA 331 (KLR)

✦ The Court of Appeal dismissed the application for stay, finding that the applicant was not a proper party to intervene and that the dismissal of the application was not rendered nugatory.

[2008] KECA 331 (KLR) Court of Appeal 29 February 2008

Mutua Mutisya v Republic [2008] KECA 307 (KLR)

✦ The conviction is quashed, and the appellant is released from prison custody.

[2008] KECA 307 (KLR) Court of Appeal 29 February 2008

Board of Trustees of the National Social Security Fund v Blantine Achitsa Induli & another (suing as the legal representative of the estate of the late Adrian Induli Shikali) [2008] KECA 310 (KLR)

✦ The Court grants a stay of execution of the decree of the superior court on condition that the applicant provides a Bank guarantee to an aggregate amount of Shs.3,000,000 within fourteen days of the date of the order, such guarantee to remain in force until the hearing and determination of the appeal or until further orders of the Court.

[2008] KECA 310 (KLR) Court of Appeal 29 February 2008

Penelope Combo & another v National Bank of Kenya Ltd [2008] KECA 312 (KLR)

✦ The application for injunction and stay is dismissed as the case for granting the stay has not been established.

[2008] KECA 312 (KLR) Court of Appeal 29 February 2008

Kennedy Maina v Republic [2008] KECA 313 (KLR)

✦ The appellant’s conviction is quashed and the sentence imposed upon him set aside.

[2008] KECA 313 (KLR) Court of Appeal 22 February 2008

Paul Mwangi Murunga v Republic [2008] KECA 301 (KLR)

✦ Allow the appeal, quash all convictions, set aside the death sentence, and order the appellant's release.

[2008] KECA 301 (KLR) Court of Appeal 22 February 2008

Benard Akusimba Keya v Republic [2008] KECA 314 (KLR)

✦ The convictions are upheld. The appeal is dismissed in its entirety.

[2008] KECA 314 (KLR) Court of Appeal 22 February 2008

Jesse Mwiga Mungai & Another v Republic [2008] KECA 234 (KLR)

✦ The appeals have no merit and are accordingly dismissed.

[2008] KECA 234 (KLR) Court of Appeal 22 February 2008

Paul Mwangi Murunga v Republic [2008] KECA 323 (KLR)

✦ Allow the appeal, quash all convictions, set aside the death sentence, and order the appellant's release from prison.

[2008] KECA 323 (KLR) Court of Appeal 22 February 2008

Robert Simiyu Khaemba v Republic [2008] KECA 308 (KLR)

✦ The appeal is dismissed. The delay of one day in bringing the appellant to court could have been explained by the prosecution.

[2008] KECA 308 (KLR) Court of Appeal 22 February 2008

Benson W. K. Muigai v Co-operative Merchant Bank of Kenya Ltd [2008] KECA 198 (KLR)

✦ The court grants the extension of time to file and serve a notice of appeal and to lodge the record of appeal out of time.

[2008] KECA 198 (KLR) Court of Appeal 15 February 2008

Boniface Mungai Machanga v Republic [2008] KECA 243 (KLR)

✦ The appeal is dismissed as there was sufficient evidence and the findings of fact were not mere suppositions.

[2008] KECA 243 (KLR) Court of Appeal 15 February 2008

Ramesh Shah v Kenbox Industries Limited [2008] KECA 199 (KLR)

✦ The court dismisses the application for leave to serve Notice and file record of appeal out of time, finding that the applicant's actions were an abuse of the process of the court and a delay in bringing the application.

[2008] KECA 199 (KLR) Court of Appeal 15 February 2008

Kobil Petroleum Limited v Castrol Limited [2008] KECA 245 (KLR)

✦ The application to set aside the order is dismissed with costs.

[2008] KECA 245 (KLR) Court of Appeal 15 February 2008

Kobil Petroleum Limited v Castrol Limited [2208] eJKR [2008] KECA 182 (KLR)

✦ The application to set aside the order is dismissed with costs to the respondent.

[2008] KECA 182 (KLR) Court of Appeal 15 February 2008

Ashwinchand Hirji Shah & 6 others v Lucy Wairimu Mwaura [2008] KECA 240 (KLR)

✦ The court allows the appeal and sets aside the ex-parte judgment and decree, granting the appellants' orders to set aside the interlocutory judgment and allow the defendants to defend the suit.

[2008] KECA 240 (KLR) Court of Appeal 15 February 2008

Mombasa Cashewnuts Processor (K) Ltd & another v Nyari Investments (1988) Limited & another [2008] KECA 239 (KLR)

✦ The applicants' notice of motion dated and lodged in this Court on 20th September, 2007 be and is hereby dismissed with the costs thereof to the 1st respondent.

[2008] KECA 239 (KLR) Court of Appeal 15 February 2008

Leonard Kyalo Muli v Republic [2008] KECA 242 (KLR)

✦ The appeal is allowed, the sentence of twenty years is set aside, and a sentence of fifteen (15) years imprisonment is substituted, to run from 8th February, 2005.

[2008] KECA 242 (KLR) Court of Appeal 15 February 2008

Samson Getangita Nkwege & 2 others v Anison Nyahiri Muhindi [2008] KECA 181 (KLR)

✦ The Court finds the application arguable and may need to consider the severity of the term of committal if the intended appeal succeeds.

[2008] KECA 181 (KLR) Court of Appeal 15 February 2008

Mombasa Cashewnuts Processor (K) Ltd & another v Nyari Investments (1988) Limited & another [2008] KECA 130 (KLR)