The family had approached the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal on November 18 upheld the decision of the Eldoret Environment and Lands Court to award the squatters the disputed land. Sirikwa also argued that the intended interested parties were raising a new cause of action before the Supreme Court. LSK bidThe court ruled that the applications by the individual and the institution did not meet the threshold for admission as interested parties. "We find that the applicants have not met the threshold for admission as interested parties, as they have all failed to establish the prejudice they will suffer if they are not admitted as interested parties. We note that there are a large number of interested parties in the appeal whose cause largely revolves around what all the interested parties seek to raise.
Source: Daily Nation June 20, 2023 04:03 UTC