[2017] KEELRC 897 (KLR)
The court found that the present application essentially sought a rehearing of a matter already determined in its ruling of 24th March, 2017. The applicant did not provide new or compelling reasons to warrant the grant of a stay of execution. The court emphasized that it had already exercised its discretion in the...
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- Citation
- [2017] KEELRC 897 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Joseph Mulinge Mbivye; Respondent: Gayes Kitchen Limited
- Court
- Employment and Labour Relations Court
- Court Station
- Employment and Labour Relations Court at Nairobi
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Cause 2090 of 2015
- Procedural Posture
- Stay Application / Ruling on Application for Stay Pending Appeal
- Outcome
- application dismissed with costs
- Judges
- DI Wasike
- Legal Topics
- Stay of Execution, Setting Aside Judgment, Appeal Rights
- Source Language
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Parties
Joseph Mulinge Mbivye
Applicant
Gayes Kitchen Limited
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Stay Application / Ruling on Application for Stay Pending Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the court should grant a stay of its ruling pending appeal.
- 2 Whether the applicant demonstrated sufficient grounds for stay of execution.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the present application essentially sought a rehearing of a matter already determined in its ruling of 24th March, 2017. The applicant did not provide new or compelling reasons to warrant the grant of a stay of execution. The court emphasized that it had already exercised its discretion in the previous ruling and that any further challenge should be directed to the appellate court. Consequently, the court declined to grant the orders sought and dismissed the application with costs.
Court Disposition
application dismissed with costs
Orders
- The application for stay of execution pending appeal is dismissed with costs.
Full Case Text
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24 paragraphs
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR RELATIONS COURT OF
KENYA AT NAIROBI
CAUSE NUMBER 2090 OF 2015
JOSEPH MULINGE MBIVYE…..…………….....…………..CLAIMANT
VERSUS
GAYES KITCHEN LIMITED…….…..................................RESPONDENT
RULING
1. The applicant herein through an application dated 1st November, 2016 sought to set aside the judgment of this court delivered on 15th August, 2016. That application was dismissed by the court for lacking in merit. The present application seeks the stay of that ruling pending an appeal therefrom.
2. Mr Wara for the applicant contended that if the decretal sum is paid to the claimant it would not be recoverable from claimant if the appeal is successful. Counsel further stated that the respondent was ready to abide by any condition the court might impose before making an order for stay.
3. The ruling of the court delivered on 24th March, 2017 was on merit. The court considered that application and the circumstances under which it was brought and became of the view that either counsel for the respondent or the respondent itself did not take the court process seriously. The respondent in that earlier application failed to provide any satisfactory reasons why it never filed a response to the claim and why they omitted to attend court on 18th of July, 2016. The court may have been wrong in not exercising its discretion in favour of the respondent and the respondent is within its right to appeal against that ruling as it intends to.
4. The present application in a sense presents itself as an appeal against my ruling of 24th March, 2017 or more or less a rehearing of that application. It places me in a rather uncomfortable situation where I have to relook at my decision and perhaps tell myself that I may have been wrong in exercising my discretion the way I did and that the Court of Appeal may set aside my ruling.
5. The court did its best and rendered itself the way it did in its ruling delivered on 24th March, 2017. The matter should therefore be left to the appellate court to consider and if persuaded by the applicant stay that ruling.
6. The court therefore refuses to grant the orders sought in the present application and hereby dismiss the same with costs.
7. It is so ordered.
Dated at Nairobi this 21st day of July 2017
Abuodha J. N.
Judge
Delivered this 21st day of July 2017
In the presence of:-
………………………….……… for Claimant
……………………….………….for Respondent
Abuodha J. N.
Judge