Odede & 3 others v Arunga & 3 others
The bottom line
#When a land case petitioner dies, their personal representative can take their place in the ongoing case if they show the court a grant of representation.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Questions the Court framed
#The issues the Court set itself to decide, in its own words.
- 1.Whether Lilian Achieng Odiwuor should be enjoined in the petition as the 1st Petitioner in place of the deceased 1st Petitioner, Isaac Maurice Kibuye Odede
Key legal issues
#Substitution of a deceased petitioner by a legal representative
The application for substitution was allowed; the applicant, holding a grant of representation, was enjoined as 1st Petitioner in place of the deceased
The application was unopposed. The 1st and 2nd respondents' counsel raised no objection, and the applicant annexed a copy of the grant of representation to her supporting affidavit. The court found the application 'cogent, steadfast and merited' and allowed it in terms of prayer 1.
Legal principles established
#- A legal representative of a deceased petitioner may be substituted or enjoined in a pending petition in place of the deceased petitioner on production of a grant of representation
Court orders
#- 1.Lilian Achieng Odiwuor enjoined in the matter as the 1st Petitioner in place of Isaac Maurice Kibuye Odede (Deceased)
- 2.Costs of the application to be in the cause
The bench
#One judgment of the whole court — no separate or dissenting opinions.
Wrote the judgment
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Original constitutional petition jurisdiction of the Environment and Land Court (not expressly cited in the ruling)
Relief refused
#Costs of the application to the applicant
Costs were made costs in the cause rather than awarded to the applicant
Costs
Costs of the application be in the cause.
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.
The upshot is that the application is hereby allowed in terms of order 1 sought therein and as stated in paragraph 1(a) hereinabove.
That Lilian Achieng Odiwuor be enjoined in this matter as the 1st Petitioner in place of Isaac Maurice Kibuye Odede (Deceased).
Costs of the application be in the cause.
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
#Cite this brief
#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Odede & 3 others v Arunga & 3 others", Case Analysis (2023). Constitutional Petition 12 of 2021. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2023/21449/eng@2023-10-18
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