JAMES N. WA WAMBU V. REPUBLIC, MOSIRO LAND ADJUDICATION SECTION, LAND ADJUDICATION DIRECTOR, KAJIADO DISTRICT LAND REGISTRAR, SAPATI O. SAIGILU, POSE O. LAAN, PANIN O. MOIPEI & KISHANTO O. KURRINYO

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

On 11th July, 1986 Mosiro sub-location within Keekonyokie section in Kajiado district (“the section) was declared an adjudication section under section 5 of the Land Adjudication Act (the Act”) (Cap 284 of the Laws of Kenya) and on 16th July, 1986 the Land Adjudication Committee comprising of 20 local residents was appointed to ascertain the extent of existing rights to land within the section and to record them. On 20th December 1990, after a period of over 4 years the Director of Land Adjudication and Settlement issued a certificate of finality certifying that the adjudication register was final in all respects as is required by section 27 of the Act. On the same day the Director caused the adjudication register for the section to be delivered to the Chief Land Registrar, Nairobi, to cause registrations to be effected in accordance with the adjudication register. It would appear that a total of 52,452 acres were adjudicated upon and about 60 parcels of land were…