[2021] KEELC 2433 (KLR)

[2021] KEELC 2433 (KLR)

The court found that the Plaintiffs are the registered and absolute proprietors of Loitoktok/Olkaria/325, as evidenced by their Certificate of Title and Confirmation of Grant, which remained unchallenged by the Defendants. The Land Registrar's report, prepared after a site visit and with participation of both...

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Citation
[2021] KEELC 2433 (KLR)
Parties
Plaintiff: Jacinta Keuke Leuda; Plaintiff: Leonard Ntawasa Leuda; Defendant: The Chairman Rombo Group Ranch Lemaron Ole Manyabera; Defendant: The Secretary Rombo Group Ranch Siteru Nkipapai; Defendant: The Treasurer Rombo Group Ranch Jacob Logela; Defendant: The School Management Committee Oloshonyokie Primary School; Defendant: The Registered Board of Trustee of African Inland Church (AIC) Oloshonyokie (Loitoktok); Defendant: The Board of Trustees Free Pentecostal Fellowship Oloshonyo; Defendant: Kalii Ole Mankii; Defendant: Kode Ole Jumbo; Defendant: Faleh Muhamedi; Defendant: The Management Committee of Oloshonyokie Water Project
Court
Environment and Land Court
Court Station
Environment and Land Court at Kajiado
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Case Number
Environment & Land Case 11 of 2018
Procedural Posture
Land and Environment Case / Judgment
Outcome
Plaintiffs' suit allowed; Defendants' counterclaim dismissed.
Legal Topics
Land Ownership, Boundary Disputes, Adverse Possession, Land Registration, Injunctions, Eviction Orders
Source Language
en
Land and Property Land Ownership Boundary Disputes Adverse Possession Land Registration Injunctions Eviction Orders

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Parties

Jacinta Keuke Leuda

Plaintiff

Leonard Ntawasa Leuda

Plaintiff

The Chairman Rombo Group Ranch Lemaron Ole Manyabera

Defendant

The Secretary Rombo Group Ranch Siteru Nkipapai

Defendant

The Treasurer Rombo Group Ranch Jacob Logela

Defendant

The School Management Committee Oloshonyokie Primary School

Defendant

The Registered Board of Trustee of African Inland Church (AIC) Oloshonyokie (Loitoktok)

Defendant

The Board of Trustees Free Pentecostal Fellowship Oloshonyo

Defendant

Kalii Ole Mankii

Defendant

Kode Ole Jumbo

Defendant

Faleh Muhamedi

Defendant

The Management Committee of Oloshonyokie Water Project

Defendant

Procedural Posture

Land and Environment Case / Judgment

  1. 1 Whether the Plaintiffs are the registered proprietors of land parcel number Loitoktok/Olkaria/325.
  2. 2 Whether the Defendants have trespassed on land parcel number Loitoktok/Olkaria/325 belonging to the estate of the late Joel Leuda Peter Orumoi.
  3. 3 Whether the Plaintiffs are entitled to the orders sought in the Plaint.

Ratio Decidendi

The court found that the Plaintiffs are the registered and absolute proprietors of Loitoktok/Olkaria/325, as evidenced by their Certificate of Title and Confirmation of Grant, which remained unchallenged by the Defendants. The Land Registrar's report, prepared after a site visit and with participation of both parties, established that the Defendants had encroached on the Plaintiffs' land. The Defendants failed to appeal the Registrar's findings or provide evidence of adverse possession, as the boundaries were only fixed in 2017 and thus time for adverse possession could not have run prior to that. The Defendants' reliance on limitation was misplaced, as the Registrar's statutory mandate...

Court Disposition

Plaintiffs' suit allowed; Defendants' counterclaim dismissed.

Orders

  • Declaration issued that Loitoktok/Olkaria/325 belongs to the estate of Joel Leuda Orumoi, with the Plaintiffs as beneficiaries.
  • Permanent injunction restraining all Defendants from subdividing, alienating, transferring, or interfering with Loitoktok/Olkaria/325.