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…Momanyi remains at liberty to take any preliminary objection onany issues that he may wish to take. It is entirely for him to decide on this atthe time of the hearing.…

…The preliminary objection cannot be sustained.…

…Mr Lee Muthoga who acted for the respondent in the High Court, also appearing before us, has raised a preliminary objection to say that the appeal is incompetent for at least the following four reasons: 1.…

…The appellant raised a preliminary objection that the suit was time - barred. This was upheld and the suit dismissed. The respondent appealed to the Senior Resident Magistrate's court.…

…At the beginning of the subsequent, inter partes hearing of the related application, a preliminary objection was raised on behalf of the 2nd respondent that the applicants had no locus standi to bring the action they had…

…objection being raised before the trial on behalf of the Respondent, the Defendant in the suit, he had ruled that leave to institute the proceedings which the Appellant had obtained ex parte, from a judge of the superior…

…court under the limitation Act, could not be challenged by way of a preliminary objection, but, as the learned judge put it, “at the trial …. on evidence and submissions.”.…

…It is however opposed by the petitioner by a notice of preliminary objection, principally, on the ground of lack of locus standi - that “the Application is untenable as the same has been filed by an ill-defined body not vested…

…On that day Mr Ngatia raised his preliminary objections and on 29th April 1994, Aluoch J delivered a ruling in which she dismissed all the objections.…

…objection”.…

…The Respondent had also filed a Notice of Preliminary Objection dated 26th February 2012.…

…The Preliminary Objection was determined apriory and was dismissed by a Ruling of this court dated 24th May 2012 thus paving a way for the hearing of this application. 4.…

…We are satisfied there is no statutory authorization for the appellant’s appeal to us and we accordingly uphold the preliminary objection raised by Mr. Chunga.…

…This was taken as a preliminary objection by the appellant’s advocate, Mr Aboo, on September 22, 1983 before the High Court in Mombasa (Mr Justice Bhandari) to which Mr Kassim duly replied.…

…The appellant herein led a notice of preliminary objection objecting the Election Petition on the ground that it was not signed by the petitioner who had given no reasons why he did not sign it or thumbprint it himself.…

…The respondent’s notice of preliminary objection implied that the petitioner could either sign or thumbprint the petition himself. 12. Mr.…

…Counsel raised a preliminary objection on grounds, inter alia,that: (a). this Court does not have jurisdiction to entertain the Notice of Motion as the appeal does not lie as a matter of right, in the terms of Article 163…

…Justice Simpson in his ruling dismissed this preliminary objection and reserved its costs. The issue was simple and clear cut. Was Mary married t the deceased in accordance with Kikuyu custom?…