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JudgmentGEORGE NGIGI KIBATHI VS FRANCIS SHIDA MCHAWA AND ZAWADI SAMMY AND 17 Others1 min read

GEORGE NGIGI KIBATHI VS FRANCIS SHIDA MCHAWA AND ZAWADI SAMMY AND 17 Others

Environment and Land Court at Malindi Environment and Land Court · · MWANGI NJOROGE

'1. The application before me is dated 7/5/25. It seeks an order of temporary injunction to restrain the respondents from in any manner interfering with the land known as Plot Number 208-Mambrui (hereinafter referred to as the suit land) pending the hearing and determination of this suit.
2. The application is supported by the sworn affidavit of the applicant and is premised on the grounds that the applicant is the owner of the suit land which measures 34.13 acres but the respondents and other persons acting under their instructions have invaded the same and commenced construction of permanent structures without the applicant’s permission. They have thus partially occupied a portion of the land, thus barring the applicant from utilizing it.
3. The 4th, 5th, 9th, 12th, 17th, and 19th respondents filed a replying affidavit through the first respondent. They are answer to the application is that the plaintiff is the registered owner of the suit land but he has never been in at work you patient and possession of the suit land. that you only appeared on the suit property in the year 2025. Alleged minutes of meetings with a defendants and the applicant lack signatures. That some people have lived on the land for over 50 years. Now the 5th 8th 12th 13th 16th 17th and 18th respondents do not occupy any part of the property.
4. There was no response filed by the rest of the defendants.
5. As the 5th, 8th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 17th, and 18th claim not to be in occupation of the suit property and no denial has been filed by the rest of the defendants, I find that the orders sought ought to be granted. I therefore grant the prayers as prayed in prayer no 3 of the application dated 7/5/2025. The costs of the application shall be in the cause.

Dated, signed and delivered at Malindi via electronic mail on this 25th day of September 2025.
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