Supreme Court judges decline to hear dispute on colonial chief land

The Supreme Courtroom constructing. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Supreme Courtroom judges have thwarted an try and escalate to the apex court docket a land inheritance row among the many youngsters of a senior colonial authorities’s chief.

The five-judge bench presided by Chief Justice Martha Koome dismissed a request by George Kang’ethe Waruhiu to increase time to problem judgment of the Courtroom of Attraction on the possession of a 55-acre land in Githunguri, Kiambu County.

Within the ruling that marked finish of the inheritance dispute between youngsters of the late Senior Chief Waruhiu, the judges mentioned there have been no adequate causes to justify Mr Kang’ethe’s delay in submitting the Discover of Attraction towards the judgment.

Mr Kang’ethe wished the Supreme Courtroom to permit him to problem the Courtroom of Attraction resolution that was in favour of his kinfolk —Esther Nyamweru and Solomon Nga’ng’a — declaring them the rightful homeowners of property via customary belief.

Nonetheless, the Supreme judges discovered that Mr Kang’ethe delayed in submitting the discover of enchantment.

The judges mentioned the foundations of the Supreme Courtroom present that the discover ought to be filed inside 14 days from the date of Judgment or ruling which is the topic of enchantment.

They famous that the judgment that Mr Kang’ethe meant to problem was delivered on March 8, 2019. The final day for submitting a Discover of Attraction was due to this fact March 22.

The applying for extension of time earlier than the Supreme Courtroom was not filed till 495 days later.

The judges declined Mr Kang’ethe’s clarification that failure to file the discover of enchantment was brought on by an error on the a part of his then advocates.