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…This Court held that notwithstanding the trial judge’s wide discretion in the matter: “….it is impossible to ascertain the reasons which compelled the judge to award interest from the date of filing suit and this leads us…

…to the inevitable conclusion that the learned judge wrongly exercised his discretion” We have in the present appeal, an analogous situation where we cannot ascertain the reasons which compelled the learned judge, without…

…I have been addressed by both counsel as to why I should or should not exercise my discretion in favour of the applicant.…

…In that regard I will exercise my discretion in favour of the applicant and order that the application be fixed for hearing before the full Court urgently. Costs in the application.…

…And it followed, he continued, that he had no jurisdiction to exercise his discretion under “the inherent power of the court to make such orders as may be necessary for the ends of justice or to prevent abuse of the process…

…There is no specific ground of appeal against this but we allowed Mr Ngatia to address us on the matter as we felt that the judge had wrongly exercised his discretion by ordering the appellants to pay the Mayor’s costs.…