STANLEY NG'ETHE KINYANJUI V. TONY KETTER , SALIM SULEIMAN, MAWJI PATEL , INNOCENT MWAISIBA TOTO, THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT ELDORET, PAUL GICHERU OF GICHERU & COMPANY ADVOCATES & COMMISSIONER OF LANDS

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

This appeal arises from a ruling and order of the High Court of Kenya at Eldoret (J.R. Karanja, J.) made on 9^th December 2011 by which the sale by public auction, transfer of and resultant title to L.R. 7741/149/3 Kitisiru Estate Nairobi, were set aside following an application dated 17^th June 2011 by the 2^nd respondent, Salim Suleiman (Suleiman).

That sale had occurred on 30^th October 2009 conducted by JOMUKI Enterprises, an auctioneering firm engaged by the 3^rd respondent Mawji Patel (Patel) in execution of a judgment and decree the latter had previously obtained in the same suit against Tony Ketter the first respondent (Ketter). The instructions to the auctioneer were given by Patel’s advocate, Paul Gicheru (Gicheru), who is the 5^th respondent herein. The successful bidder at that auction was the appellant Stanley Ngethe Kinyanjui (Kinyanjui) and a certificate of sale was duly signed by Innocent Maisiba Toyo, the High Court’s Deputy Registrar at Eldoret (Toyo) w…