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…Mr Hawala has submitted that section 4 of the Government Proceedings Act was borrowed from section 2 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 of England and has referred to the case of Royal Aquarium and Summer and Winter Garden…

…Act, 1888, from the local justices to the County Council) were “judicial proceedings”, so that absolute privilege could be claimed in respect of remarks made there in proceedings taken for defamation.…

…Accordingly, this court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine stale proceedings. 19.…

…It follows that this court cannot watch and not see and or not hear irregular proceedings being conducted and leave those proceedings to remain on record. 22.…

…Applying those principles to the instant case, requires a look at the pleadings, proceedings and judgment in the former case, and a look at the pleadings and issues in the present case. What I find is this.…

…Middlesex Justices Ex parte Bond [1933] 2 K B I at p 9; that the development of fresh circumstances (as distinguished from a mere discoverey of fresh evidence on matters which have been open for controversy in the earlier proceedings…

…The oral application made by the children’s officer, without any affidavit in support denied the appellant an opportunity of challenging the whole proceedings. The procedure adopted was wrong.…

….4TH CONTRIBUTOR/OBJECTOR EDWARD KINGS ONYANCHA MAINA....................................................5TH CONTRIBUTOR/OBJECTOR RULING The Applicant, Edward Kings Onyancha Maina, is the 5th Contributor in this winding up proceedings…

…of the child provides as follows:- “(1) In all actions concerning the child undertaken by any person or authority the best interests of the child shall be the primary consideration. (2) In all judicial or administrative proceedings…

…affecting a child who is capable of communication his/her own views, an opportunity shall be provided for the views of the child to be heard either directly or through an impartial representative as a party to the proceedings…

…of the child provides as follows:- “(1) In all actions concerning the child undertaken by any person or authority the best interests of the child shall be the primary consideration. (2) In all judicial or administrative proceedings…

…affecting a child who is capable of communication his/her own views, an opportunity shall be provided for the views of the child to be heard either directly or through an impartial representative as a party to the proceedings…

…Nowhere in the proceedings before the clan members under the area Asst Chief did Nkonge come up to say that he witnessed the defendant giving the plaintiff some Shs 1,500/-.…

…But an affidavit of the process server is admissible in evidence and in the absence of contest it would normally be considered sufficient evidence of the regularity of the proceedings.…

…the provisions of Rule 63 of the Probate and Administration Rules, which clearly states the following provisions of Civil Procedure Rules, namely Order V,X,XI,XV,XVII,XXV,XLIV, and XLIX shall apply for far as relevant to proceedings…

…In interlocutory proceedings such as the present one, however, statements as to a deponent’s information or belief are admitted, provided the sources and grounds thereof are stated.…

…Although in interlocutory proceedings an affidavit may contain statements as to the deponent’s information or belief if the source of the information and grounds of believe are stated (see order 18, rule 3(1) of our Civil…

…The learned magistrate should have firmly resisted the request for ex-parte orders so as to streamline the proceedings.…

…According to the records of the arbitrator filed in court for what it is worth, the 1st Defendant is recorded to have stated as follows in page 5 of the proceedings- "In September, 1987, I saw the 2nd Defendant who wanted…

…Unfortunately that is all he said about the fees payable at his office and throughout the proceedings therefore the court was given various figures of the fees or money paid without indication as to the prescribed fees that…

…The learned Judges of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa left it open to the Crown to take such proceedings against the first appellant and against the other accused, who had not appealed but had had their conviction…

…But the learned Judges of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa left it open to the Crown to take such proceedings against the first appellant as could be deemed proper.…