Oloo v Ndege, Secretary General Union of Kenya Civil Servant & 2 others; Wangui (Interested Party) (Employment and Labour Relations Petition E013 of 2023) [2024] KEELRC 1885 (KLR)
The bottom line
#A Kenyan court threw out a union official's bid to halt a judgment because she was never made a formal party to the case.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#Questions the Court framed
#The issues the Court set itself to decide, in its own words.
- 1.Whether the Interested Party, who was never a party to the proceedings nor formally enjoined, has locus standi to bring an application for stay of execution of the judgment of February 29, 2024
- 2.Whether stay of execution and maintenance of status quo pending appeal should be granted
Key legal issues
#Whether an applicant not party to the suit and not enjoined has locus standi to apply for stay of execution
The application is filed by a party without locus standi and is dismissed on that ground alone
The court observed that the Interested Party was never a party to the proceedings and had not applied to be enjoined. Although she had earlier filed an application dated March 8, 2024 seeking joinder, the record showed nothing to confirm she was ever allowed on record. Without joinder or party status, she had no standing to seek stay of execution of the judgment, and the application failed without a consideration of the merits of the stay principles.
Legal principles established
#- A party who was never a party to proceedings and has not applied to be enjoined lacks locus standi to bring an application in those proceedings
Court orders
#- 1.The Interested Party's Notice of Motion dated March 14, 2024 is dismissed forthwith
- 2.Costs to the Respondents
The bench
#One judgment of the whole court — no separate or dissenting opinions.
Wrote the judgment
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Sections 1A, 1B, 3 & 3A of the Civil Procedure Act; Order 51 rule 1 and Order 42 of the Civil Procedure Rules 2010
Relief refused
#Stay of execution of the judgment delivered February 29, 2024 pending the filing, hearing and determination of the appeal
The applicant was never a party to the proceedings and never applied to be enjoined, so she lacks locus standi to bring the application
Maintenance of status quo (applicant remaining in office) pending hearing and determination of the application and appeal
Dismissed on the ground of want of locus standi
Costs
Costs to Respondents.
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.
What is clear is that the applicant herein has never been a party to these proceedings. She has also not applied to be enjoined in the said proceedings.
As the application stands, it is filed by a party without locus standi to file the same and on that ground alone, I decline to grant the prayers sought and dismiss the application forthwith. Costs to Respondents.
Issues in the judgment
#The judgment inconsistently dates the judgment sought to be stayed, referring to it as both February 29, 2024 and February 20, 2024
The applicant's affidavit is said to add that she 'come on board on March 14, 2024, pursuant to directions issued by this Court, following the filling of the Application dated March 8, 2024, seeking inter alia to be joined to these proceedings', yet the court finds she 'has also not applied to be enjoined in the said proceedings'
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Oloo v Ndege, Secretary General Union of Kenya Civil Servant & 2 others; Wangui (Interested Party) (Employment and Labour Relations Petition E013 of 2023) [2024] KEELRC 1885 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2024). Petition No. 013 (as referenced in the judgment). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2024/1885/eng@2024-07-16
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