[2024] KEHC 8719 (KLR)
The court found that the applicant had failed to prosecute the bill of costs for a period of 19 years, indicating a clear loss of interest in the matter. The prolonged and unexplained delay was deemed inordinate and inexcusable, warranting dismissal of the bill of costs for want of prosecution. The court exercised...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 8719 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Onyancha Gecha & another; Respondent: Vincent Okwara Buluma
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Miscellaneous Civil Application 341 of 2004
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Bill of Costs
- Outcome
- Application dismissed for want of prosecution; file closed.
- Judges
- MS Shariff
- Legal Topics
- Dismissal for Want of Prosecution, Bill of Costs, Case Management
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Onyancha Gecha & another
Applicant
Vincent Okwara Buluma
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Application / Ruling on Bill of Costs
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the bill of costs should be dismissed for want of prosecution after 19 years of inaction.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicant had failed to prosecute the bill of costs for a period of 19 years, indicating a clear loss of interest in the matter. The prolonged and unexplained delay was deemed inordinate and inexcusable, warranting dismissal of the bill of costs for want of prosecution. The court exercised its inherent powers to prevent abuse of process and ensure expeditious disposal of cases, marking the file as closed.
Court Disposition
Application dismissed for want of prosecution; file closed.
Orders
- The bill of costs dated 4th June, 2005 is dismissed for want of prosecution.
- This file is marked as closed.
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Gecha & another v Buluma (Miscellaneous Civil Application 341 of 2004) [2024] KEHC 8719 (KLR) (18 July 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 8719 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Miscellaneous Civil Application 341 of 2004
MS Shariff, J
July 18, 2024
Between
Onyancha Gecha & another
Applicant
and
Vincent Okwara Buluma
Respondent
Ruling
1. Whereas the Applicant herein filed a bill of costs dated 4th June, 2005 the same has not been prosecuted in the 19 years period that it has been alive in this court and it is thus apparent that the Applicant has lost interest in his bill of costs wherefore I hereby dismiss it for want of prosecution.
2. This file is marked as closed.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED THIS 18TH DAY OF JULY, 2024. M. S. ShariffJUDGE