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…Nagpal, for the Respondent to this application, has taken preliminary objection which, he says, goes to the jurisdiction of this court.…

…1983, and which the Respondent sought to continue when the matter came before porter J, inter partes, and the replacement of the late Mr Humphrey Slade by Mr R E G Rusell, to whom, there is, personally, stated to be no objection…

…A preliminary objection is in the nature of what used to be a demurrer. It raises a pure point of law which Is argued on the assumption that all the facts pleaded by the other side are correct.…

…The improper raising of points by way of preliminary objection does nothing but unnecessarily increase costs and, on occasion, confuse the issues. This improper practice should stop.”…

…Havi had no objection to Mr. Kibe’s application for adjournment on 6/6/2011 for taking out the application dated 24/10/2008 scheduled to be heard on 9/6/2011 when Mr. Kibe was before the Court of Appeal.…

…Havi raised no objection at all.…

…If objection is then made, it will be the duty of the judge to consider the objection and exercise his judgment upon it.…

…He would be as wrong to yield to a tenuous or frivolous objection as he would to ignore an objection of substance.…

…By a Notice of Preliminary Objection, the second respondent, through counsel states that this honourable Court has no jurisdiction to entertain the petition by virtue of the provisions of the National Assembly (Powers and…

…On the other hand, Mr Githu Muigai, the learned counsel for the petitioner opposed the preliminary objection on the basis of sections 44 and 60 of the Constitution as well as section 18 of the National Assembly and Presidential…

…By a Notice of Preliminary Objection, the second respondent, through counsel states that this honourable Court has no jurisdiction to entertain the petition by virtue of the provisions of the National Assembly (Powers and…

…On the other hand, Mr Githu Muigai, the learned counsel for the petitioner opposed the preliminary objection on the basis of sections 44 and 60 of the Constitution as well as section 18 of the National Assembly and Presidential…

…the provisions of Order 50 Rule 12 of the Civil Procedure Rules which provides:- “(12) Every order, rule or other statutory provision under or by virtue of which any application is made must ordinarily be stated, but no objection…

…Order VI Rule 12 would also buffet the applicant against any objection by the respondents on grounds of want of form.…

…The said notice invited comments or objections which were to be submitted to the Chairperson of the 1st Respondent within 15 days from the date of publication.…

…In the absence of any valid objections, allocation was to take place after the expiry of 30 days from the date of the publication. 5.…

…Salim Danji, filed what he refers to as Notice of Objection, the relevant parts of which state, besides other matters, that:- 1.…

…However counsel for the petitioner senior counsel Lee Muthoga who argued the petitioner’s objection to this motion urged this court very strongly not to feel bound by the judgment of the Judges of Appeal on the Kibaki Moi…

…His main submissions were not affected and I would apply the provisions of order 18 rule 7 CPA and dismiss the objections as mere technicalities.…

…1983 rankled, however, so the applicant, by another summons in chambers asked the same judge to review it giving as the main ground for doing so the provisions of order VI rule 12 (cap 21) which are that: “No technical objection…