REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND LAND COURT

AT CHUKA

CHUKA ELC SUIT NO. 1 OF 2019 (OS)

ZIPPORAH KARIGU ALIAS KARIGU M’MUGAMBI NGITI......................1^ST PLAINTIFF

JOHN MWATHI M’MUGAMBI..........................................................................2^ND PLAINTIFF

JEREMIAH MURAUKO MUGAMBI.................................................................3^RD PLAINTIFF

BEATRICE GACUNKU.........................................................................................4^TH PLAINTIFF

DAVID MUTUGI KARIGU....................................................................................5^TH PLAINTIFF

JOSPHAT NJERU KIAYA........................................................................................6^TH PLAINTIF

VERSUS

SABERA GAKUNDI MWITHI........................................................................1^ST DEFENDANT

BEATRICE KATHAMBI..................................................................................2^ND DEFENDANT

CHARITY KAINDI............................................................................................3^RD DEFENDANT

VIRGINIA MUTHONI......................................................................................4^TH DEFENDANT

JOHN KIMATHI...............................................................................................5^TH DEFENDANT

ALICE KARIMI.................................................................................................6^TH DEFENDANT

JAMES MUTUGI MWITHI.............................................................................7^TH DEFENDANT

GERALD MUGAMBI........................................................................................8^TH DEFENDANT

JAMES MWENDA MWITHI alias JOHN KIMATHI..................................9^TH DEFENDANT

STANLEY MURITHI NYAMU......................................................................10^TH DEFENDANT

MARY WAMBUI MWOBI..............................................................................11^TH DEFENDANT

RULING

1.  By a Notice of Motion application dated 27^th August, 2021, the Defendants/Applicants pray for orders:-

a)  Spent

b) That this Honourable court be pleased to make an order that the Police Officer Commanding Tunyai Police Station do provide security to the Applicants when implementing this court’s decree of the Judgment issued herein on 30^th July, 2019.

c)  That the costs of this application be provided for.

2.  The application which is supported by the affidavit of Sabera Gakundi Mwithi, the 1^st Applicant is premised on the grounds that:

(a) This Honourable Court pronounced Judgment on 25^th May, 2021, wherein it reinstated its Judgment of 30^th July, 2019 to the effect that the Applicants do hold the parcel THARAKA/TUNYAI “A”/390 in common in equal shares.

(b) The Applicants wish to sub-divide the land and allocate the resultant sub-divisions to those entitled.

(c) The Respondents have on many occasions threatened to attack the Applicants if they attempted to sub-divide the land.

(d) That it has therefore become imperative that the Applicants be provided with security to carry out the exercise.

3.  The application was served upon the Respondents but they have not filed a response thereto, though their advocate was allowed to submit on points of law.

4.  I have considered the application. According to the Applicants, their attempts to bring a surveyor to sub-divide the suit land pursuant to the Judgment and decree of this court has met with obstruction and threats from the Respondents. The Applicants aver that it is only fair that they be given security when effecting the sub divisions to avoid any physical confrontation.

5.  Given that the Applicants have a Judgment and decree in their favour which has not been set aside, reviewed or stayed, I believe that it is only fair and just to allow the application so that security is provided when the decree of court is being implemented. In the circumstances, I am satisfied that the application dated 27^th August, 2021 is merited and the same is allowed.

6.  I make no order as to costs.

DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT CHUKA THIS 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2021 IN THE PRESENCE OF:

CA: NDEGWA

MS. KAJURI FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPLICANTS

N/A FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

C. K. YANO,

JUDGE.