- A photo of Milimani law courts building in Nairobi.
- An 80 year old woman has written to the Judiciary and Law Society of Kenya seeking for justice in a court case that she alleges was ruled unfairly by the Chuka magistrates Court.
- In documents possessed by our reportee the woman, Margaret Muchiri says judicial fficers were corrupted in the case LDT 1 of 2011
- “In 2010 my late husband complained that Eliphas Nyaga M’ribu owner of land parcel number Muthambi /Gatua /435had destroyed the boundaries of the adjacent road and encroached into his land parcel number Muthambi/Gatua/911.” She says in a complaint tothe Judiciary
- Margaret further says the case was heard and ruled confirming that the land belonged tro her family in the presence of land registrar and district surveyor.
- However in 11 December 2018 a Magistrate J.M Njoroge of Chuka law courts substituted Margaret with her late husband without her consent
- The judge went ahead to issue summons fotr hearing which she was not served with.
- “The letter of summons were recieved by small boy in my homestead on Saturday 15th December 2018.”
- Margaret further alleges that on apearing in court in the company of her daughter, she was not given a chance to speak and instead of a hearing, the magistrate made a ruling in favour of an application filed by Eliphas.
- On seeking appeal, she was dismissed by the court on the basis of not pleading to the court when she appeared, not requesting time to hire a lawyer and on claims that she did not sya whether the case was already settled.
- However magistrate Njoroge signed the appeal documents in June 2019 allowing for an appeal which she filed at the lands courton Chuka.
- “To my surprise, i only heard that the case was read in the presence of the other party and it was dismissed summarily. This rose a lot of suspicion of eother collusion or conspiracy in this straight forward issue to deny me justice.”
