IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 31 OF 1987
VIRGINIA EDITH WAMBUI OTIENO..................APPLICANT
VERSUS
JOASH OUGO and ANOTHER.........................RESPONDENT
RULING.
This matter no doubt correctly referred to by the Press as a “saga” has eventually come before me; and I am very happy for this. It gives me opportunity to issue a warning to Advocates and litigants. The warning is simply this:-
TO THOSE SO ENGAGED
STOP FOOLING AROUND WITH THE JUDICIARY
AND JUDICIAL PROCESSES
(1) CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COME TO THE
COURTS – YES
(2) THE DUTY OF OUR COURTS TO HEAR AND
DETERMINE CAUSES WITH PATIENCE,
TOLERANCE AND EXPEDITION – YES
BUT YE ADVOCATES AND LITIGANTS MUST
ASSIST THE COURTS TO REMAIN TRUE
UMPIRES AND NOT SUBJECTS OF YOUR
PRIVATE EMPIRES.
It is becoming too widespread a tendency in our democratic Kenya for people to deliberately mistake tolerance and sympathy for weakness.
I WANT TO SEE NO MORE OF THE CAT AND
MOUSE PLAY IN THE COURTS AS IN THIS THE
“S.M’S” CASE.
DECIDE WHAT IS YOUR…