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…He states that the applicant has no locus standi as he is not the administrator of the estate.…

…The administrator of the estate has already distributed it to the beneficiaries.…

…But counsel for the applicant has not pressed this aspect of the application and has contented himself to showing that the decision in the Hintz case is no longer good law, namely that a personal representative or administrator…

…In the judgment of the court in that case where the appellant claimed the right to bury her husband as his personal representative, the Court of Appeal had the following to say: “But an administrator is not entitled to bring…

…Later on the first defendant was also appointed an administrator of the estate of Andrew Mungai Njui in the Succession Cause No 34 of 1983. On behalf of the owners of L.R.…

…An Administrator of an estate derives his title from the grant of letters of administration and the deceased’s property vests on him only as from the date of grant.…

…He annexed to the affidavit, consent of all the beneficiaries, authorizing him and his co-administrators to petition for the grant. In court during the hearing of the application for Revocation, Mr.…

…It is now upto the deceased’s family to either retain the previous administrators, or agree on who should be the administrator to the deceased’s estate.…

…IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA REPUBLIC OF KENYA AT NAIROBI (MILIMANI COMMERCIAL COURTS) Civil Case 508 of 2007 CHARLES NZAU NDETO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE REUBEN MUTUA…................PLAINTIFF VERSUS EURO…

…(vi) That the defendant has never complied with Section 66 of the Law of Succession Act or Sections 52 and 53 of the Transfer of Property Act to have an Administrator appointed for the Estate of the late Reuben Mutua.…

…Margaret Kambui Rohio (administrator) 2. Mary Nyambura 3. Teresiah Wambui Mungo 4. Jane Wanjiku tatua (administrator) 5. Catherine Njeri Muriuki 6. Nancy Wanjiru Waweru 7. Jane Wamaitha Njonjo 8.…

…In this regard I have considered whether it is prudent to grant another letters of administration jointly to the applicant and the respondents so that the estate of the deceased is not left without an administrator.…

…to oppose the application requiring rectification or amendment of the certificate of confirmation and although the Applicants Leah Wanjiku, Leah Nyagaki and Esther Githiga claim that they had never litigated against the Administrator…

…As administrator of the estates of his wife J and his baby daughter S, he claims compensation for their shortened expectation of lives for the benefit of their estates.…

…Accordingly, I propose to award to the plaintiff as administrator of the estates of J and her daughter S. Under the Law Reform Act, an aggregate sum of Shs 20,000.…

…The particulars of the charge were that on the 30th of August, 1989 at the Nairobi Law Courts in Nairobi within Nairobi Area before Christine Wanjiku Muibau, a Resident Magistrate, a person authorized to administrator an…