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…He had heard the evidence of the Plaintiff and his doctor. The proceedings had proceeded ex parte and in the absence of the defendants. The Plaintiff closed his case and the suit was adjourned for Mr.…

…From the evidence before the court the plaintiff stated that he boarded the defendants lorry. Motor vehicle KWL 306 Souza Lorry, that was driven on the material day by the 2nd defendant.…

…With regard to absence of evidence of service of the order it is not disputed that no evidence to that effect is annexed to the affidavits in support of the motion.…

…There is no evidence at all of the person who served Mr Malakwen on 3rd November, 1993.…

…When the learned judge reached the evidence of Mr. Njugi he said: “I must confess the evidence of Mr.…

…It was evidence which corroborated Mary Njoki’s evidence, in particular it established her connection with the deceased.…

…In this respect I would refer to ss.13 and 51 of the Evidence Act which read: 13.…

…For nearly eighteen (18) years hence, there is no evidence of any conjugal relationship between the deceased and the rst appellant. Indeed, since 1972 there was no evidence of such relationship.…

…The principles for the successful grant of a review are well settled and the two which are pertinent to this application are that some new and important matter or evidence which could not with diligence have been discovered…

…Why this authority could not have been discovered after the exercise of due diligence even if this authority could be regarded as “new and important matter or evidence”’ is not explained.…

…At the hearing before the learned Judge, evidence was given by Fredrick Gachoka Njoroge (plaintiff No. 4) and one Kinuthia Githuri on behalf of the plaintiffs whilst the defendant gave evidence and called one witness.…

…She is the one who gave evidence that the piece of land belonged to the father. The fourth plaintiff giving evidence stated as follows: “The issue of Mbugua being a younger son was put to Mzee Kinuthia.…

…Having considered both the evidence of the plaintiff and the D.W. 1, I think, between the two, that of DW 1 is more credible.…

…As regards the defendant’s counter-claim, no evidence was led to show that the plaintiff was responsible for the breakage.…

…He denied the offence and said the evidence of PW1 was false. During cross-examination, he denied shouting that the deceased was a thief and repeated that the evidence of PW1 was false.…

…The prosecution case was dependent on the evidence of PW1.…

…If the defendant calls no evidence then he has not discharged the onus on him of proving the contributory negligence pleaded by him. In the absence of such evidence the court cannot decide relative blameworthiness.…

…He had before him evidence to show that the appellant was guilty of the offence of causing death by dangerous driving.…

…Hezekiah Okanja, the plaintiff’s father gave evidence, and Pamela Onyango, whom I have already mentioned, was recalled to give further evidence.…

…Athanasio Otondi Duolo gave evidence which fully corroborated the evidence given by the plaintiff and Zephaniah Odera Okanja.…

…I recorded evidence from four witnesses, on behalf of the plaintiff.…

…This evidence has not been challenged in anyway.…

…This evidence was not challenged.…

…Looking at the evidence as a whole, it is plain to us that the learned judge could not have come to any other conclusion than that the respondent’s account of the accident was the correct one.…

…There is also evidence that the advocates following these instructions did pay to the Plaintiff a total sum of Shs.900,000 which was passed to the vendor leaving a balance of Shs.300,000/-.…

…The Plaintiff in her evidence said that the agreed fees between her and the Advocate was Shs.40,000. She had to borrow more money from her Co-operative Society to finalise the purchase.…

…There is also evidence that the advocates following these instructions did pay to the Plaintiff a total sum of Shs.900,000 which was passed to the vendor leaving a balance of Shs.300,000/-.…

…The Plaintiff in her evidence said that the agreed fees between her and the Advocate was Shs.40,000. She had to borrow more money from her Co-operative Society to finalise the purchase.…

…Evidence on that sub-division is not convincing. It is denied by both Defendants and there is no evidence of it on the relevant land register as should have been the case.…

…There is evidence of her occasional desertion of her husband making it difficult to find a cont8inuous period of more than 12 years. There is no evidence of adverse entry.…

…It also is regarded to have admitted it unlawfully detained the motor vehicle for the whole period it remained in its custody, which according to the evidence was 231/2 days.…

…However no evidence was adduced as to what other companies charged. I have considered this matter carefully. Clearly, the plaintiff was denied the use of her car.…

…In brief the evidence on behalf of the plaintiff is this.…

…They were unshaken and maintained their evidence.…

…or that they are unsupportable on the evidence available on the record.…

…Where no evidence adduced the claim should be disallowed. It is very sad that the plaintiff was injured in this matter.”…

…I have considered the evidence both of the plaintiff and that of the defendant and came to above finding. 1st to consider the plaintiff’s own evidence in that she married Kungu she then moved onto the suit premises in 1963…

…When it was revealed in evidence that she was not teaching at St Paul in the sixties but seventies, she became tongue-tied.…