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…I struck out the defence but as the action was somewhat unusual I refused to give judgment, but directed that the case be set down for Formal Proof.…

…So the prayers which were left were, firstly that the suit be struck out for being an abuse of the process of the court and for want of prosecution. An application under O.…

…An issue was raised by plaintiff to the effect that the application did not particularize which pleadings should be struck out. Considering what I have already stated consideration of this issue is not necessary.…

…The suit is therefore liable to be struck out. The only issue in dispute is what order for costs should be made. The Plaintiff says that it is not his fault that the suit has now become spent.…

…This suit be and is hereby struck out. 2. Each party to bear its own costs of the suit. DATED AT NAIROBI THIS 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2007 H. P. G. WAWERU J U D G E DELIVERED THIS 20TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2007…

…As the respondent failed to repay the capital and the agreed profits, the applicant filed this suit for accounts and seeks the defence to be struck out and for the judgment to be entered as prayed.…

…Owino for the applicant submits that the defence of denial of the agreement is a mere sham and should be struck out.…

…The 2nd defendant on the other hand has filed an application under order VI rule 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules for the plaintiffs suit to be struck out on the grounds that it discloses no reasonable cause of action against…

…That suit was struck out and dismissed with costs on 10th June, 1987.…

…The plaintiff, who is the applicant, moved the court by chamber summons grounded on Order VI Rule 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules, seeking orders that the defence filed herein be struck out, and costs of the application be…

…That if there was a declaration, then the defence filed in this suit would have been credible, but as it is, it has no merit and should be struck out.…

…proceedings either upon or without the application of either party, (my emphasis) and on such terms as may appear to the court to be just, order that the name of the party improperly joined, whether as a plaintiff or defendant be struck…

…out”.…

…Secondly that if the applicant is asking for the release of his title deed, then this in effect means that the defendant has no defence to the action and applicant should have therefore asked for defence to be struck out…

…Chacha does not apply to this case since the 2nd Defendant does not ask that the plaint be struck out. His argument simply is that the suit has been filed out of time, and is barred by the Limitation of Actions Act.…

…Mr Oraro said he had a simple legal answer to the objections of Mr Ombaka and he referred to Orders VI rule 13 (1) of the Civil Procedure Rules which reads: “At any stage of the proceedings the court may order to be struck…

…out or amend any pleading on the ground that: “(a) it discloses no reasonable cause of action or defence”.…

…Mr Oraro said he had a simple legal answer to the objections of Mr Ombaka and he referred to Orders VI rule 13 (1) of the Civil Procedure Rules which reads: “At any stage of the proceedings the court may order to be struck…

…out or amend any pleading on the ground that: “(a) it discloses no reasonable cause of action or defence”.…

…The defence and counter-claim having been found to be mere smokescreen defence and averments, they were struck out as shown and intended merely to postpone the inevitable pay-day, and as being an abuse of the process of the…

…The defence and counter-claim having been found to be mere smokescreen defence and averments, they were struck out as shown and intended merely to postpone the inevitable pay-day, and as being an abuse of the process of the…

…The suit was duly struck out. The advocate for the applicant/plaintiffs argued that indeed the courts had inherent jurisdiction at the level of the High Court.…

…It is my finding that the applicant has no locus standi to bring this application and it is hereby struck out. Each party to meet their own costs.…

…Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr Chunga, has eloquently argued that the contents of the statement and the applicant’s affidavit in support being merely hearsay evidence the application is incompetent and should be refused or struck…

…out because no proven facts have been laid before the Court which establish that the applicant’s prosecution will be an abuse of the process of the Court, vexatious and oppressive to exercise the Court’s discretion thereon…