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…Whether interest is applicable thereon; ANALYSIS Whether judgment should be entered for the Respondent/Applicant as per Certificate of Taxation herein dated 7th November, 2023; 8.…

…In determining whether the court should adopt the amount on the Certificate of Taxation as the judgment of the court it should be satisfied that the certificate of taxation has not been set aside. 9.Reference is made to the…

…The applicant subsequently obtained the certificate of taxation and the certificate of order against government which he served upon the respondents but to date they have neglected, ignored or refused to settle the amount…

…He has sworn that the delay in remitting the amount due to the applicant as represented in the in the Certificate of Taxation dated 26 July, 2022 and the Certificate of Order against government dated 12 April, 2024 has been…

…On 27 November 2018, the taxing officer issued a certificate of taxation for the taxed amount.…

…The applicant then extracted a decree and a certificate of order against government respectively dated 27 January 2020 and 1 July 2020.…

…The contract price was payable in full upon the issuance of a certificate of practical completion, and a certificate of handover, both to be issued by an independent architect.…

…The plaintiff claims that the works were duly completed, and both the certificate of practical completion and the certificate of handover were issued on 26th October 2010.…

…Thereafter the Respondent was served with a Certificate of Order. 7. Counsel for the Respondent did not submit instead saying that her instructions were limited to applying for an adjournment.…

…Before the court issues such an order, there must be proof that the provisions of the Government Proceedings Act have been complied with in respect of certificate of costs and certificate of order against the Government.…

…The certificate of taxation dated 23rd June 2025 for the sum of Kshs. 1,887,927.50 be adopted as a judgment and decree of the court; 2.…

…The present application seeks entry of judgment on a certificate of costs and is governed by section 51 (2) of the Advocates Act, which provides: “The certificate of the taxing officer by whom any bill has been taxed shall…

…As far as the parties in a suit are concerned, a certificate of costs is not an executable legal instrument. A certificate of costs is not capable of being “executed”.…

…The holder of the certificate of taxation ought to apply for judgment in the High Court in terms of Section 48, 49 and 51(2) of the Advocates Act to be entered based on the certificate of costs.…

…The Applicant averred that the Certificate of Costs dated 13th September 2024 has not been set aside.…

…It is therefore only just and proper that the certificate of costs be adopted as a judgment of this Honourable Court. 12.…

…It is the applicant’s case that on 23 March 2011, the Applicant made an application to the 2nd Respondent for renewal of the Tax Exemption Certificate as its previous certificate had expired. 3.…

…Thereafter the Applicant requested the Respondents to issue a tax exemption certificate.…

…JUDGMENT Judgment on certificate of costs 1.…

…That the certificates of costs have not been set aside and remains an order of this court to this day.…

…I have considered the application, the supporting affidavit, the four Certificates of Costs dated 19th June 2026 and the accompanying documents.…

…Each certificate derives its validity from the proceedings in which it was issued and cannot be combined with certificates issued in other files. 4.…

…The Defendant/Applicant seeks entry of judgment in the sum of Kshs. 8,091,759.00 on the basis of a Certificate of Taxation dated 4th June 2025, together with interest at 14% per annum, and for the said certificate to be adopted…

…The certificate of taxation only ascertains the amount payable. 14. To require a further judgment would be to superimpose a second decree over an existing one. 15.…

…According to Mr Mwang’ombe, the certificate of order against government was issued on 9 August 2019 and served on the 1st respondent on 21 August 2019.…

…Service of the certificate upon the Attorney General is a requirement of section 21(2) of the Government Proceedings Act.…

…of taxation, with the result that the Certificate remains final, binding and enforceable.…

…disposal of cases relating to recovery of advocate-client costs as long as: (1) the costs have been taxed by and certified under the hand of the taxing master by a Certificate of Costs; (2) the Certificate of Costs has not…

…The application is brought under section 51(2) of the Advocates Act on the grounds that the Advocate/Client Bill of Costs was taxed, a Certificate of Taxation was issued and the same has neither been set aside nor varied.…

…A Certificate of Taxation was subsequently issued on 26th January 2026. 5.…

…That their costs were taxed Kshs. 788,158.37/= on 08th April, 2025 and a Certificate of Taxation issued on 13th April, 2025.…

…The Certificate of Taxation was issued in the sum of Kshs. 788,158.37/= on 13th April, 2025.…

…That their costs were taxed at Kshs. 354,537.14/= on 08th April, 2025 and a Certificate of Taxation issued on 14th April, 2025.…

…The Certificate of Taxation was issued in the sum of Kshs. 354,537.14/=on 14th April, 2025.…

…The Advocate/Applicant was issued with a Certificate of Taxation dated 13th May, 2025.The Certificate of costs aforesaid has not been set aside, varied and/or altered through any order of this Honourable Court. 3.…

…Whether judgment ought to be entered on the certificate of costs for the Advocate/Applicant; ii.…

…A certificate of confirmation of a grant is not a grant of representation, but a certificate to the effect that the grant had been confirmed by the court.…

…She seeks that the certificate be revoked [9.] I am being invited to revoke a certificate of confirmation of grant. The certificate is not an order of the court. A certificate is not a judicial order.…