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Sioge v Gilanis Supermarket Limited (Civil Appeal (Application) 79 of 2021) [2025] KECA 549 (KLR)

Court of Appeal of Kenya
27 March 2025
GOG. V. Odunga
134 words in judgment
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The bottom line

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Kenya's Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge to a taxed costs decision, leaving the original taxation ruling fully intact.

What this practically means

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Executive summary

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This is a short ruling of the Court of Appeal at Nakuru, delivered by a single Judge, G. V. Odunga, JA, on 27th March 2025. The background is a ruling on taxation delivered on 14th March 2024 by the Deputy Registrar of the Court, Hon Lina Akoth. By a letter dated 30th March 2024, the respondent sought to have the matter referred to a single Judge for revisiting that taxation decision and its propriety. Directions on the reference were given by the Deputy Registrar on 31st July 2024. The judgment records that the Judge had not had sight of any submissions filed by the parties. On that state of the record, the Judge dismissed the objection to taxation and made no order as to costs. The disposition was that the objection to taxation is dismissed with no order as to costs, and it was so ordered at Nakuru on 27th March 2025. The ruling is extremely brief: it sets out no issues for determination, cites no authorities or statutory provisions, and articulates no ratio or binding proposition beyond the dismissal itself. The decision below (the Deputy Registrar's taxation ruling) was not affirmatively affirmed or reversed in terms; the reference seeking to revisit it was simply dismissed, leaving the taxation ruling intact. No separate opinion, dissent, or consolidated appeal is recorded; the single Judge's decision stands as the judgment of the court.

Questions the Court framed

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The issues the Court set itself to decide, in its own words.

  1. 1.Whether the objection to the Deputy Registrar's ruling on taxation of 14th March 2024 should be allowed

Key legal issues

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Legal principles established

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    Court orders

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    1. 1.The objection to taxation is dismissed
    2. 2.No order as to costs

    The bench

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    One judgment of the whole court — no separate or dissenting opinions.

    GO
    majority

    Wrote the judgment

    On appeal from
    Court of Appeal of Kenya (Deputy Registrar)
    Not stated in judgment
    Jurisdiction invoked
    Reference to a single Judge of the Court of Appeal to revisit the Deputy Registrar's taxation ruling

    Relief refused

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    Reference/objection to the taxation ruling

    Objection dismissed

    p. 1

    Costs

    No order as to costs (each party to bear their own costs)

    Quotable passages

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    Verbatim from the judgment, each located to the page it appears on in the official PDF — so these can be cited and checked directly.

    Accordingly, the objection to taxation is hereby dismissed with no order as to costs.
    p. 1Final orders - dismissal of objection to taxation

    Issues in the judgment

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    material

    No submissions by the parties were on record before the court

    minor

    The case title, appeal number and parties' names are not stated in the judgment

    Key timeline

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    Practical implications

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    Cite this brief

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    Cite this brief

    Caselaw, "Sioge v Gilanis Supermarket Limited (Civil Appeal (Application) 79 of 2021) [2025] KECA 549 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2025). Not stated in judgment. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keca/2025/549/eng@2025-03-27

    Suggested citation format for research notes or client memos. Always verify the original judgment before relying on any point.