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Nyamira County Government VS Obadiah Sobera Isoe

High Court at Nyamira High Court · · Wilfrida A. Okwany


{Being an Appeal against the Ruling of Hon. C. I. Agutu – SRM Nyamira dated and delivered on 28th August 2024 in the original Nyamira CMC CC No. 16 of 2020}

Background

  1. The Respondent herein obtained judgment against the Appellant before the trial court in Nyamira CMCC No. 16 of 2020. The trial court thereafter granted the Respondent leave to the execute the decree by attaching the Applicant’s movable property, to wit, motor vehicles.
  2. Aggrieved by the decision to allow execution by way of attachment of movable property, the Appellant/Applicant filed the instant appeal seeking to overturn the trial court’s said ruling. Concurrently with the Appeal, the Applicant filed the instant application seeking, inter alia, stay of execution.

Application

  1. This ruling is therefore in respect to the Application dated 5th September 2024 wherein the Applicant seeks the following orders: -
  2. Spent
  3. Spent
  4. THAT the Honourable Court be pleased to call for the record of proceedings in NYAMIRA CMCC NO. 16 OF 2024 (OBADIA SOBERA ISOE VS. COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NYAMIRA) and order that there be a stay of further execution in the said matter pending resumption of sessions, hearing and determination of a formal application seeking vacation of the said warrants;
  5. THAT costs of this Application be provided for.
  6. The Application is supported by the affidavit of the Applicant’s County Secretary and Head of Public Service, Mr. Jack Magara, and is premised on the grounds that: -
  7. THAT, this Honourable Court has supervisory jurisdiction under Article 162 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 to make such orders and give such as are appropriate and expedient to ensure access to and the fair administration of justice in as far as the exercise of judicial function by subordinate Courts is concerned.
  8. THAT, the Applicant is apprehensive that the Respondent in a predicate matter –vide NYAMIRA CMCC NO. 16 OF 2024 (OBADIA SOBERA ISOE VS. COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NYAMIRA), intends to summarily proclaim up to 8 (eight) County Government Official Motor Vehicles in a purported execution process that is unknown to law, ex facie defective ab initio, utterly vexatious and expressly prohibited in statute, vide section 21 (4) and (5) of the Government Proceedings Act [Cap. 40 — Laws of Kenya].
  9. THAT, it is imperative and essential unto the fair administration of justice herein that this Honourable Court issues orders staying further execution of the impugned warrants and pending resumption of sessions, hearing and determination of a formal application seeking vacation of the said warrants, vide a notice of motion dated 05.09.2024 by this court, vide NYAMIRAHCCA NO. E031 OF 2024 (COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NYAMIRAVS. OBADIA SOBERA ISOE).
  10. THAT, the Applicants' being dissatisfied with the ruling in NYAMIRA CMCC NO. 16 OF 2024(OBADIA SOBERA ISOE VS. COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NYAMIRA) delivered on the 28th day of August, 2024 by Honorable C.I. Agutu, proceeded to file an appeal seeking vacation of the said warrants, lodged and pending hearing and determination in the predicate matter, vide NYAMIRA HCCA NO. E031 OF 2024(COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NYAMIRAVS. OBADIA SOBERA ISOE) which will not have any essence if the warrants the said application challenges shall have been executed in the interim;
  11. THAT the Applicants are apprehensive that the Respondents will initiate execution process by way of attachment of the Applicant's property to satisfy the decretal sum as decreed.
  12. THAT the appeal is meritorious with high chances of success.</></></><><><>></></><><><>></></><><><>></></><><><>></></><><><>></></><><><>></></><>><><><><><>></></><><><>></></><><><>></></><><><>></></><><><>></></><><><>></></></></></></><>></><><>></><><><>“></></><><>></><><>></><><>></><><>></><><>></><><>></><><>></><><>></><><>><><>> >> ></><><>></><><>></><><>(></><><>(></><><>(></><><>(></><><>(></><><>(></><><>(></><><>> >, > >, ><>><>>> ></><><>></><><>><>><>><>>[> ></><><>“></><><>> </>><>></><>(><>(><>(><>>)</>.</><><>> </><><>> [>, ></><><><>“></></><><>><>><>> [>, ></><><><>“></></><><><>></></><><>><>><>>> >> ><>>>>> ></><><>></><><>></><><>><>><>><>><>><>><><><>></></><><><>></></><><><>> </></><>></><><>>> ></><><></>
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