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…Even then a decision on setting aside an exparte judgment is entirely within the discretion of the presiding Court which discretion remains unfettered; See order IX A rule 10 of the Civil Procedure Rules which provides that…

…There are no limits or restrictions of the judge’s discretion to set aside an ex-parte judgment except that if he does vary any judgment he does so on such terms as may be just.…

…This was a matter within the discretion of the Judge and unless we feel that he had gone completely overboard, we would not substitute his discretion with ours even if we felt we could have reached a different decision.…

…his discretion in the appellant’s favour.…

…As regards the exercise of that discretion, certain principles are now well established in our law.…

…This is a matter for the discretion of the court and there is enough material here on which it could be found that the magistrate had exercised his discretion correctly. Order IXB rule 3.…

…“The discretion is in terms unconditional. The courts however have laid down for themselves rules to guide them in the normal exercise of their discretion.…

…Whether on the material presented to him the judge should have set the judgment aside and reopened the matter, was entirely for his discretion. The learned judge exercised that discretion against the appellant.…

…As I set out to exercise my discretion I must at the outset confess that there is no material before me on which I can do so. As was said by Privy Council in RATNAM V.…

…In my judgment, once there is non-compliance the burden is on the party seeking indulgence to satisfy the court why the discretion should nevertheless be exercised in his favour.…

…In the exercise of his discretion to enlarge time on such terms as may seem just to him, the learned single judge disallowed the application.…

…from the case as a whole that he was clearly wrong in the exercise of his discretion and that as a result there has been injustice.…

…We are of course aware that we ought not to interfere with the exercise of discretion by a judge or substitute our own discretion instead.…

…We have to be careful when differing with a judge who has exercised his undoubted discretion not to set aside an ex-parte judgment.…

…Platt J exercising the discretion of the court, refused to stay the proceedings. Hence this appeal.…

…EXERCISE OF DISCRETION Is of daily occurrence in the courts. The principles upon which the exercise of the court’s discretion should take place have been repeatedly stated; nevertheless mishaps continue to occur.…

…Before us, the applicant complains that the learned judge was wrong in the manner in which he exercised his discretion but in our view the application before the judge and the one before us are frivolous.…

…The learned judge was not obliged to consider any other grounds the applicant may have had for seeking exercise of that court's discretion when he came to the view that the applicant was less than candid.…

…We were pressed to consider whether the judge has arrived at such a wrong decision that this court should upset the exercise of the unfettered discretion of the judge.…

…Plainly, the judge misapprehended sub-rule (2) of the rule 10 in the exercise of his discretion and as a result reached a wrong conclusion.…

…Since the grant of the injunction is discretionary this court would not normally interfere with the exercise of that discretion.…

…The circumstances in which this court will disturb the exercise of a discretion of a trial judge were stated by the Court of Appeal for East Africa, in the case of MBOGO –VSSHAH (1968) E.A. 93.…

…I now turn to consider whether I should exercise my discretion, under rule 4 of the Rules, to grant the application.…

…The starting point is, as it must be, rule 4 itself which confers the widest measure of discretion and makes no distinction between the various classes of cases.But like all discretion, it must be exercised judicially.…

…The point for decision in this appeal is whether the learned judge was right in refusing to exercise his discretion to allow the amendments sought.…

…I also agree with what Lord Griffths said in the Ketteman Case (supra) at page 62: "Whether an amendment should be granted is a matter for the discretion of the trial judge and he should be guided in the exercise of the discretion…

…It is evident from the reading of this provision that the Court enjoys a wide measure of discretion on the question of interest.…

…The only ground argued in this appeal is an objection to the learned trial judge’s exercise of discretion in awarding interest on the decretal amount.…

…This Court held that notwithstanding the trial judge’s wide discretion in the matter: “….it is impossible to ascertain the reasons which compelled the judge to award interest from the date of filing suit and this leads us…

…to the inevitable conclusion that the learned judge wrongly exercised his discretion” We have in the present appeal, an analogous situation where we cannot ascertain the reasons which compelled the learned judge, without…

…I have been addressed by both counsel as to why I should or should not exercise my discretion in favour of the applicant.…

…In that regard I will exercise my discretion in favour of the applicant and order that the application be fixed for hearing before the full Court urgently. Costs in the application.…

…It is firmly established that this Court will not interfere with the exercise of a discretion by a Judge unless it is satisfied that the Judge misdirected himself in some matter and as a result arrived at a wrong decision…

…, or unless it is manifest from the case as a whole that the Judge was clearly wrong in the exercise of his discretion and that as a result there has been misjustice -- See Mbogo & Another v Shah [1968] E.A. 93.…

…In these circumstances, I am of the view that there is no material before me on which I can base myself to grant an extension of time, howsoever wide and unfettered the discretion is under rule 4 of the Rules.…

…I must decline to exercise my discretion. Accordingly, the application fails and is dismissed with costs. Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 1st day of November, 1999. A.A. LAKHA ..................…

…In any event, the grant of such an amendment is a matter of a judicial discretion not lightly to be interfered with.…

…The circumstances in which this Court will disturb the exercise of a discretion of a trial judge were stated by Court of Appeal for East Africa in the case of Mbogo vs Shah [1968] EA 93.…