[2024] KEHC 8486 (KLR)
The court found that the administrator, Johana Otieno Olando, failed to disclose all material facts, specifically omitting the existence of the deceased's children, including the applicant. The Chief's letter used in the original petition was also from an official of a different location than the deceased's...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 8486 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Margaret Aoko Onyango; Respondent: Johana Otieno Olando
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Succession Cause 42 of 2014
- Procedural Posture
- Succession Cause / Ruling on Application for Revocation of Grant
- Outcome
- application allowed; grant revoked; new grant to applicant
- Judges
- MS Shariff
- Legal Topics
- Revocation of Grant, Non Disclosure of Material Facts, Succession Procedure, Administration of Estates
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Margaret Aoko Onyango
Applicant
Johana Otieno Olando
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Succession Cause / Ruling on Application for Revocation of Grant
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the grant issued to Johana Otieno Olando should be revoked due to non-disclosure of material facts.
- 2 Whether the applicant and other beneficiaries were properly included in the succession process.
- 3 Whether the Chief's letter used in the petition was valid given the deceased's domicile.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the administrator, Johana Otieno Olando, failed to disclose all material facts, specifically omitting the existence of the deceased's children, including the applicant. The Chief's letter used in the original petition was also from an official of a different location than the deceased's domicile, further undermining the validity of the grant. The property in question remained in the deceased's name, indicating that the succession process was incomplete and not properly administered. These failures constituted sufficient grounds under Section 76 of the Law of Succession Act for revocation of the grant. The court therefore revoked the grant issued to Johana Otieno...
Court Disposition
application allowed; grant revoked; new grant to applicant
Orders
- The grant issued to Johana Otieno Olando on 4.2.2014 and confirmed on 14.11.2014 is hereby revoked.
- A new grant to issue to Margaret Aoko Onyango.
Full Case Text
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In re Estate of Silvance Owino Oweng (Deceased) (Succession Cause 42 of 2014) [2024] KEHC 8486 (KLR) (15 July 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 8486 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Succession Cause 42 of 2014
MS Shariff, J
July 15, 2024
In the matter of
Margaret Aoko Onyango
Applicant
Ruling
1. The applicant Margaret Aoko Onyango a daughter of the deceased Silvance Owino Owenga has applied for revocation of the grant issued to Johana Otieno Olando on 2. 4.2014 and confirmed on 14. 11. 2014 and confirmed on 14. 11. 2024.
2. The application is grounded on the fact that the administrator had failed to disclose material facts to the court; that the deceased was survived by two children namely Margaret Aoko Onyango and Fredrick Omondi Owino.
3. The applicant states that the Chief’s letter annexed in the initial petition for grant was issued by the Assistant chief of Kadero Sub-location yet the deceased was domiciled din East Kajulu Location.
4. It is pleaded and submitted that parcel No. Kisumu/Got Nyabondo/3289 is still registered in the name of the deceased as transmission was yet to be done.
5. Upon considering the application, the affidavit in support thereof sworn by Margaret Aoko Onyango and upon hearing the oral submissions of Mr. Emukhule I do hereby allow the application and make the following orders:-1. The grant issued to Johana Otieno Olanda on 4. 2.2014 and confirmed on 14. 11. 2014 is hereby revoked.2. A new grant to issue to Margaret Aoko Onyango.3. The administratrix is directed to file summons for confirmation of grant within 30 days from the date hereof.4. Mention on 23. 9.2024 to confirm compliance.
DELIVERED, SIGNED AND DATED AT KISUMU THIS 15THDAY OF JULY, 2024. M. S. SHARIFFJUDGE