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' 'i \.-k...°'L- (.;o vvv-\-- JJs <-.-. v . -:~•r T.r.Bff.1:l. ~-.=-~ CIVIL ;·.PPLIC/__TIOi'r NOo25 OF 1996 SI·IJ:I,1'!. ·.1r--:· '. R~GION CO-OIYiI.R.'/I'IV•E ). •. PDLTC _. 1\Tm iic:teoeeoeo .. L -·- ..l :.iJ.'11.t UNION (1984) LTD ) Versus ) ••• o • o • , • R];SFDJ\~ENT ICH. JL ( CO-OIBW.TIVE lfr-iIOl T LTD ) On the 5th d~y of July, 1996 i11. the exercise of hi·s purported powers und.G:r- so-eticms 132 ~-nd l'.'-) (gt 1!!f th~ ,Co.,o~~ &:reie:t;.ee :.ct, No.15 of 1991 (the /.ct), Vrr. Pc,ul Peter Kimiti, the Minister for .'.griculture o.nd Co-operotivcs the Minister made the follo1rling order, th0 oper~~tive p;-~.rt only:- ~ n., • o I P.'JJL ?ETT~rt KINITI, Miniotcr for .'.griculture ,,nc! Co-o~·oratives tl1rou5h pc\-.;ers vc.stC::d in me unc.ler sections 132 ,;,:c1d. 139 ( 0 ) of the Co-oper- ::tti vc 0 SociGtfos /,ct J:iui::iber 15 of 1991, hereby cr(1..er thc..t K,,h'".m'.""', Co-o::_,erc:>.tive union with Re ~ict:cPtinn Nurnt,er 5Li-93 to possess o.nd to c-un Gi11:.1ery ~ui=-.;~~in.·_· 011 B,Jnr :lo -.cl Plot r<:o(J2l :.), Buil::in,~ w~th "' ,.,l--nt on Block E · Plot c:.nc1.. :::-,lJ. th:; G:,,::',ow,::s :::-.t Is:'k', ·'1r1. t,.~Lke over li:'>:rJili ties embo:-'.ic-::2. outo them 0 nd tlrt Shin:r.n:;:::-. Re:3i011 Co-o::_::,er'.1.tive Uni,:::ri (1984) Lt:: to h".1Y.: eyer ."',11 the property menti-.me-:l_ in V1i3 ord0r with i,nedi-.te effect., e 0 11 The S:.1iny: 112:- Region Co-operr'.i;ive Union (l984) Ltd. have been n.gcrieved b~r tl:'.:c.t order they J.12..ve con.sequcntly, filer: thi_s ap 1Jlic"' ti,.>11 for the --prerc.;·.~-:-.tivc crr1.0r · of __..,._...:::0,,...-:::,r-.. certior-=,ri tu remove into this Cou:ct ~ ::md to qu~'..s> the ,s.'"'.i:~ Ministeri,21 order boc-'J..usc it is not intr_n. _;!,.,~_-r_8;!3,_ the powers of the Iiinister who purported to issue it. If the n.pplict1.ticn succeeds. t;1_.,,t 01:..der will be brouf;l:t tc- n'.lughte The defence is of t:1e view, however, th-"'.t order is unc,_ssailnble in procecdiac;s such :::-s this one because it bcc·,me subsid.icxy legislo.tion "' 2 . - ' ' .<;\nee it wt.s g,S.zettecl in tho Offici~cl .Q2.~~~~t• I'1t-. Mtnk;, Mr. Ki:.dur± -'.'.nd Mr. Bo:i.z, le::,rnor_'l_ counsel respectively for the applicants, the !i2.~st respon:.ent :-,::.1rl fer tho soccnd res:pondent ho.Ve n.ddressed me ii,. fJ.Uite snmc clet:-'.il en this issueo They t'.ll5o cr-,lled witnesses to estc.blish the histoi~y of the suit properties, Suffice it to say tho.t nt the time the impu0 ned order w.....s mr-:i.d.e• the euit pto1:ierti wh.s re 0 istored in t~1.e n,::·.me of the ci.ppliccnts, The Shinyonga Re13ion Co--01:;or.::i.tivo Unicn (1984) Lb:'!_ (SHIRJCUh It i i b.lso worth while tc m,te, · .~n::.t t:1is is ~-lso eo::.irr.or.. c;rcund, that du?ing the penden:oy . ,. memcrir•.l in the J...._-.n :~ Tic:;istcr un:10,r ,·,hieh SB:IREdJ w~pe . of this '.1.l"J}Jli::~,ti .·n the /1s,si2t...,.r:t Rez;istr'U' of. 'J:'itl~s ~~ell~4 ,..the . ...... ' ~ the· registe:Pe·d. owners of the suit ~ro1)ort;,r. I propose to d.eo.l with thit'l i.::ttter occurence "t ,:- lr.:ter st:::..,;o. 1 -th.--.t is imrn~di0te1.y · of significance is to ~letermine whether il1.,fo0c:. the Minister ho.cl power to divest prop~i- etory r",nd possossory rii:;hts £:rom .SHIR":GC'J ::md to vest them in the K;:::.h:::una. . Co-0per2ctive Uni:--!l L,c:~ (E..·.c:;:).. •· ' 1 · T~1e. '.J:o.w .1:lJlruµ- ~i,elt- ~ »i•i v» • Ct~te:i -ie: Rs. hore~n,ci~r: •iJ.3,2. '1'4e Mi:1i§_t0r M,:-i, by order lJUp;I.i.ched i,o. the -- Gt.zet-'.::o exempt any ;-eg:i:,stered s".:Jeiety from any of the, ~,. .,..,... , -- ' ,. provisi~,ns of this .'set or m-::y c-1:ircct t:hc..t sueh provisioila sh,all apply to such society- .wit!1 t'lueh mo,lific.::-:tion D.S. mr:-.y b,3 ~p_ecificd in. t_he orc.ers, • • 1: 'Section 139. (g) of t::e s11mc lesisL--,ti,,n provides th:us:"'l' 11139•. Not ,1ithstc'..11,linc~. tho provisicn~ of 15ecti0,n 133 (g) su1:ijec:t t0 this .·.ct,, where i:r,t pcr':513-.'.lnce to Gcner2,l Notice Nurnbor- ll37 of 1976 .,the _registr.'.1:- tLn .9f ·:my so,ciet_y W':1.s c,::;:ncelled o:ny immov,j_ble :i;iroporty ,\'lhic.11. ::::iricr to ~lt.e cc.nccll:1tinn of tht~.t soc_ie:ty VE;st9d in tl1-".t society, nl)cl where s~b:9eg,uen:t; to -t;he c."..ri.cello.tion of :~.~1?,t s~.cie:\;y 3.J;lothe_:r- sop:i~ty with simile:r objects if forme'f ~!?- tl,i_e _area of oper,,,_ti6n of the '."."'oci_ety whi.cl1 wrt_li> 5~nncel~~d, i ; ~ su~h im:119yal;)_l_e pro;perty _a:s :hn.s no-:t. b~/",~ di::,p,o_~ed of o.:s o.t. the time when tho.t other ,_socj.ety is forine<;l, shnll vest.in thnt other society. There, ; -,.·· follow two provisos whid1 shc,11: be .col:l,?_id~,r;,ed at p_ ?-o.~tr ,stage_. The n.:pplfo;:_i,nts; .conter,_i.d · ::thc.t the M?Jri:5teriol order ~s .;tto~d -~:ri o.. ;num_~r· of, grounds· w~_ic~ t:i.,r.~ fon-:t;~;41..ed in :the P:fficli.\vi_t ~ti:io..t _:;$upport_s t~.~ c.1?plic:1;tion,• Wh,o 9 .e groµnds s,:r.e :li~,tcd µx.de:t p~ctgraph ,9 ot ~he -~~:id af,f-idn,vit ,.YJ}:li,eh wn:s swqrn b_y Ivlr_•. :Revocnt'll:~ Mtnki:, ,t~e appli.~t• s advccat~ 1 in which he d"'.j)0SC$ thus:,-