Monanka & 3 others v Magoko (Enviromental and Land Originating Summons E018 of 2024) [2024] KEELC 6307 (KLR)

2. b. That this Honorable court be pleased to grant such others of orders as may be suitable for preservation of the suit property pending the hearing and determination of the suit. c. That the costs of this application be provided for. The motion is founded upon the applicant’s afidavit of 29 paragraphs of even date and 21 grounds on the face of it. The grounds include that;1. The defendant, intends to partition and/or subdivide the suit land in execution of the orders of the subordination court without regard to the rights and interest of the plaintifis who are in actual occupation and possession of the suit property. 2. That the defendant has started to destroy known boundary fitness of the suit property and threatens to evict the plaintifi from the suit property. 3. Mr. Mwita Kerario learned counsel for the applicant has implored the court to grant status quo order in lieu of the injunction as sought in the application over the suit land. 4. The respondent duly served has not opposed the application. 5. In the circumstances, the motion is hereby determined in terms of status quo order to prevail over the suit land pending the outcome of the suit pursuant to Sections 13 (7) (a) of the Environment and Land Court Act 2015 (2011) and the decision in Ogada v Mollin (2009) KLR 620. 6. For clarity, the parties shall not sell, charge, transfer, or subdivide the suit land pending the hearing and determination of this suit. 7. Costs of the motion in the cause. 8. It is so ordered DATED AND DELIVERED AT MIGORI THIS 26TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024 G. M. A. ONGONDO JUDGE In the presence of ; Mr. Mwita Kerario learned counsel for applicant Tom- Court Assistant https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2024/6307/eng@2024-09-26 2

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