WILSON OSOLO V. JOHN OJIAMBO OCHOLA & ATTORNEY GENERAL

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

On the 24th day of May, 1982, the District Commissioner, Busier District Mr. Zackary Orwa on behalf of the Minister of Lands and Settlement, in the exercise of the powers under the provisions of sections 29(1) of the Land Adjudication Act (Cap 284, Laws of Kenya) ordered that land parcel number 1080 in Bujwanga Adjudication Section in Busia District be registered in the name of Mr. George W. K. Osolo.

Mr. Ochola Niare was aggrieved by that decision. He therefore applied, on the 6th day of December, 1982, for leave to apply for an Order of Certiorari to remove into the superior court for the purpose of quashing the said order of the Minister which order was made by the said District Commissioner in the exercise of the powers delegated to him by the Minister under legal Notice No. 74 of 1978. At the same time Mr. Niare sought leave to apply for an order of Mandamus directing the Minister to register him (Mr. Niare) as the proprietor of the said land parcel number 108…