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…The order of 17.7.95 went on: 'This case involves a dispute in land and therefore it has been caught up by Act 18 of 1990 which took away the jurisdiction of courts.…

…This court as constituted had equal and concurrent jurisdiction with the court Osiemo Judge presided over leading to the ruling under attack.…

…It has been said many times by this Court that we have no inherent jurisdiction, and that we can only hear an appeal if the right thereof is conferred by statute.…

…As section 361 is specifically stated not to apply to a decision such as the one appealed from in this case, it follows that we have no jurisdiction to entertain these appeals.…

…It follows therefore that a person aggrieved by the Attorney General’s termination of criminal proceedings may invoke the High Court’s judicial review jurisdiction.…

…By the fact alone of this quasi-judicial review character, it follows that an aggrieved person, by the Attorney General’s termination of criminal proceeding, may invoke the High Court’s Judicial Review jurisdiction.…

…The court lacked jurisdiction because judgment had been delivered, the court was functus officio and could not entertain the application especially that the application was for review and the respondent had preferred an appeal…

…The court has carefully considered the application and finds that the court has jurisdiction, despite the applicant’s preferred appeal, to rectify the mistake or incidental error in the judgment as established by the applicant…

…The court lacked jurisdiction because judgment had been delivered, the court was functus officio and could not entertain the application especially that the application was for review and the respondent had preferred an appeal…

…The court has carefully considered the application and finds that the court has jurisdiction, despite the applicant’s preferred appeal, to rectify the mistake or incidental error in the judgment as established by the applicant…

…Ultimately I would allow this appeal, set aside the lower court’s order and remit the case back to the same Court to be heard by another magistrate of competent jurisdiction with leave to appellant to file decree and defend…

…In reply counsel for the appellant stated that the issue of limitation is a matter of jurisdiction which can be raised at t any stage of the proceedings even on appeal.…

…unqualified person shall act as an advocate, or as such cause any summons or other process to issue, or institute, carry on or defend any suit or other proceedings in the name of any other person in any court of civil or criminal jurisdiction…

…The court stated as follows: “We cannot but emphasize the importance of precise claims in due process, substantive justice, and the exercise of jurisdiction by a court.…

…In essence, due process, substantive justice and the exercise of jurisdiction are a function of precise legal and factual claims. However, we also note that precision is not coterminous with exactitude.…

…unqualified person shall act as an advocate, or as such cause any summons or other process to issue, or institute, carry on or defend any suit or other proceedings in the name of any other person in any court of civil or criminal jurisdiction…

…bear comparison with the facts of the one before the court, and they otherwise bear a reasonable measure of similarity to it, Kenya decisions should be used to the exclusion of the others, save those from a neighbouring jurisdiction…

…Relying on the case of Brooke Bond Liebig (T) Ltd v Mallya (1975) EA 266 he submitted that the court had jurisdiction to set aside the current judgment even where the same was entered into in the presence of counsels and…