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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.”…

…By a notice of objection dated December 2, 1986, Mr Chunga, Assistant Deputy Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Attorney-General gave notice that the Republic would raise a preliminary objection under section 348 of the…

…The two issues could not be considered separately since the very point on which the appellant wanted to adduce additional evidence was the very point relied on by Mr Chunga as the basis of his preliminary objection viz the…

…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.…

…No objection was raised to the joinder of this charge at the trial and we do not think that it was improper in the circumstances of this case.…

…It is for this purpose that the rule is that the objection must be taken at the earliest opportunity; and here we congratulate counsel for trying to safeguard their clients at the right time, a chance missed in Musinga’s…

…The main ground of objection raised on his behalf in this appeal was that if the evidence in the case was properly assessed, there was no evidence at all to support the conviction.…

…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.…

…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.…

…When the appeal came for hearing in the superior court, Mr Chunga raised a preliminary objection based on section 348 of the Criminal Procedure Code, that the appeal against conviction was incompetent and should be struck…

…The judges upheld the preliminary objection raised by Mr Chunga and struck out the appellant’s appeal against conviction, but as regards sentence, they reduced it to 3 years because they found that in the assessment of sentence…

…Chunga’s objection to our jurisdiction. Mr. Rao points to section 361 (7) of the Code as constituting that statutory authorization.…

…We are satisfied there is no statutory authorization for the appellant’s appeal to us and we accordingly uphold the preliminary objection raised by Mr. Chunga.…

…When the appeal came for hearing before us, Mr Chunga the Deputy Public Prosecutor, raised a preliminary objection under section 348 of the Criminal Procedure Code to the effect that the intended appeal by the appellant against…

…The basis of Mr Chunga’s preliminary objection was that the appellant, having been convicted after he had unequivocably pleaded guilty to the offence as charged, was barred by virtue of the provisions of section 348 of the…

…omission or irregularity has occasioned a failure of justice: Provided that in determining whether an error, omission or irregularity has occasioned a failure of justice the Court shall have regard to the questions whether the objection…

…Of course I am satisfied that the objection being raised now in this appeal could not have been raised at an earlier stage in the proceedings becausethe appellants, laymen in law, were not represented by an advocate before…

…The senior state counsel prosecuting suggested that course and the defence counsel told the court that he had no objection.…

…We are surprised that defence counsel at the trial, who must have been alive to this aspect of the case, made no objection to the admissibility of this evidence.…

…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…

…of that which he has sworn (unless the reason of his having done so is satisfactorily accounted for), his evidence should not have much weight with a jury, and if he has formerly sworn the contrary, the fact (although no objection…

…Musyoka-Annan’s argument, that at no time did he, as counsel for the 1st and 3rd appellants during the trial, register any objection to this course.…