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…The procedure to be followed in civil proceedings relating to contempt of court in the case of Mwangi H C Wangondu vs Nairobi City Commission CA No 95/88 (Nai).…

…been mandatory to applicant to seek leave to file the same, take steps to serve personally on the breaching party the order alleged to be breached, accompany it with a notice of penal consequences and after which is when contempt…

…The second part of the order is not relevant to these contempt proceedings because this court’s order restraining the Corporation from evicting the two applicants from the Post Office staff quarters occupied by either until…

…Apart from this non-compliance with an elementary but mandatory procedural rule which in contempt proceedings has prescribed “personal service”, Mr Lakha pointed out other flaws to which we will now turn our attention.…

…Counsel urged the Court to dismiss the application and the appeal, with costs to the respondents, and further to order that the applicants do appear before the High Court at Kerugoya, for the accomplishment of the contempt…

…proceedings.…

…It is an established principle of law that in order to succeed in civil contempt proceedings, the applicant has to prove (i) the terms of the order, (ii) Knowledge of these terms by the Respondent, (iii).…