[2025] KEHC 5474 (KLR)
The court found that since the filing of the petition in June 2024, there had been no steps taken by the petitioner or any of the respondents to prosecute the matter. Despite issuance of a Notice to Show Cause on 18th March 2025, no party appeared or filed any response. The court concluded that the parties, and...
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- Citation
- [2025] KEHC 5474 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Snow Trend Limited; Respondent: Attorney General; Respondent: Inspector General of Police; Respondent: Patrick Kabue Kinuthia; Respondent: Veronica Wambui Kinuthia; Respondent: Tadeo Gitau; Respondent: Kagunya Munyus; Respondent: Weshe Munyus Mweusi; Respondent: Peter Kamau Njeri; Respondent: Joshua Kamau Gacura; Respondent: Joseph Ndogi Njoroge; Respondent: Stanley Mwaura Mangi
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kiambu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Petition E025 of 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Constitutional Petition / Ruling on Notice to Show Cause for Want of Prosecution
- Outcome
- petition dismissed for want of prosecution
- Judges
- DO Chepkwony
- Legal Topics
- Bill of Rights, Right to Property, Right to Fair Hearing
- Source Language
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Parties
Snow Trend Limited
Applicant
Attorney General
Respondent
Inspector General of Police
Respondent
Patrick Kabue Kinuthia
Respondent
Veronica Wambui Kinuthia
Respondent
Tadeo Gitau
Respondent
Kagunya Munyus
Respondent
Weshe Munyus Mweusi
Respondent
Peter Kamau Njeri
Respondent
Joshua Kamau Gacura
Respondent
Joseph Ndogi Njoroge
Respondent
Stanley Mwaura Mangi
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Constitutional Petition / Ruling on Notice to Show Cause for Want of Prosecution
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the suit should be dismissed for want of prosecution due to inaction by the parties.
- 2 Whether the petitioner has lost interest in prosecuting the constitutional petition.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that since the filing of the petition in June 2024, there had been no steps taken by the petitioner or any of the respondents to prosecute the matter. Despite issuance of a Notice to Show Cause on 18th March 2025, no party appeared or filed any response. The court concluded that the parties, and particularly the petitioner, had lost interest in the suit. To prevent clogging of the court system with inactive cases, the court exercised its discretion to dismiss the suit for want of prosecution.
Court Disposition
petition dismissed for want of prosecution
Orders
- The suit is hereby dismissed for want of prosecution.
Full Case Text
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Snow Trend Limited v Attorney General & 10 others (Petition E025 of 2024) [2025] KEHC 5474 (KLR) (28 April 2025) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 5474 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kiambu
Petition E025 of 2024
DO Chepkwony, J
April 28, 2025
IN THE MATTER OF: CHAPTER 4 OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS, ARTICLES 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, 40 AND 159(2) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA AND IN THE MATTER OF: CONTRAVENTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOM UNDER ARTICLES 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29 AND 40 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA AND IN THE MATTER OF: A CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION BY THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS
Between
Snow Trend Limited
Petitioner
and
The Attorney General
1st Respondent
The Inspector General of Police
2nd Respondent
Patrick Kabue Kinuthia
3rd Respondent
Veronica Wambui Kinuthia
4th Respondent
Tadeo Gitau
5th Respondent
Kagunya Munyus
6th Respondent
Weshe Munyus Mweusi
7th Respondent
Peter Kamau Njeri
8th Respondent
Joshua Kamau Gacura
9th Respondent
Joseph Ndogi Njoroge
10th Respondent
Stanley Mwaura Mangi
11th Respondent
Ruling
1. The matter is scheduled for mention for parties to show cause why the suit should not be dismissed for want of prosecution, a Notice to Show Cause thereof issued on 18th March, 2025.
2. There has been no response to the Notice and neither have the parties nor their respective counsel attended court to show cause why the suit has not been prosecuted since June, 2024 when the same was filed.
3. In view of this, it is clear that the parties and more so the Petitioner have lost any interest in having the suit prosecuted. Therefore, to unclog this Court’s system of backlog, the suit be and in hereby dismissed for want of prosecution.It is so ordered.
RULING DELIVERED VIRTUALLY, DATED AND SIGNED AT KIAMBU THIS 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025. D. O. CHEPKWONYJUDGEIn the presence of:Court Assistant – MartinNo appearance for and by either party