Catherine Kageni & 5 others v County Government of Meru [2016] KEELC 1293 (KLR)
The bottom line
#What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Questions the Court framed
#The issues the Court set itself to decide, in its own words.
- 1.Whether to record and adopt the consent signed by the parties' advocates settling the suit
Key legal issues
#Whether the consent reached by the parties should be recorded and given effect
The court adopted the consent as its order, marked the suit settled and removed it from pending suits
The parties, through their advocates Kiogora Mugambi and C.B Mwongela, proffered a signed consent providing for payment of Kshs. 1,600,000/= to the plaintiffs, vacation of the suit land within 60 days, marking of the suit as settled, and each party bearing own costs. The court found no reason to decline recording the consent and adopted it as an order of the court.
Legal principles established
#- A consent duly signed by advocates and adopted by the court is binding and disposes of the suit on its terms
Court orders
#- 1.The consent is adopted as an order of the Court
- 2.The Defendant to pay all the Plaintiffs a total of Kshs. 1,600,000/= all inclusive, payable upon execution and signing of the consent
- 3.The current residents (Plaintiffs) and their families to vacate the suit land within 60 days from the date of signing the consent
- 4.The suit is marked as settled and removed from the record of pending suits
- 5.Each party to bear their own costs
The bench
#One judgment of the whole court — no separate or dissenting opinions.
Wrote the judgment
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Original civil jurisdiction over the suit; matter resolved by consent order recorded by the court
Relief refused
#Injunction restraining the defendant from evicting the plaintiffs or demolishing their houses/stalls pending compensation
Suit settled by consent; terms of settlement supersede the prayers in the plaint
Costs
Each party to bear their own costs
Quotable passages
#Verbatim from the judgment, each located to the page it appears on in the official PDF — so these can be cited and checked directly.
That the Defendant do pay all the Plaintiffs a total of Kshs. 1,600,000/= all inclusive payable upon execution and signing of this consent.
That the current residents (Plaintiffs) families to vacate the suit land within the next 60 days from the date of signing this consent.
That each party to bear their own costs.
This suit is marked as settled and should be removed from the record of pending suits.
Issues in the judgment
#Case number not stated in the judgment text
Suit property described with apparent typographical error '491/ ANGAINE ESTATE'
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Catherine Kageni & 5 others v County Government of Meru [2016] KEELC 1293 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2016). Not stated in judgment. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2016/1293/eng@2016-12-20
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