JUDGMENT
This is a judgment in a first appeal arising from the judgment and decree of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi, R. E. Aburili, J. dated 18th May, 2015.
The background to the appeal is that the appellant Ruth Njiru James (the appellant) filed a suit for defamation in the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi vide a plaint dated 2nd May, 2012, filed on 3rd May, 2012. The claim was directed against the respondents namely, Njoroge Ndirangu, Alvin Giteria, Ken M. Thairu, all three sued for and on behalf of the 4th respondent, the Public Service Club (the club) an un incorporated body and in their capacities as the club’s executive committee.
It was the appellant’s averments, inter alia, that the 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents were at the material time when the chain of events triggering the litigation resulting in this appeal were set in motion, members of the executive committee of the club duly vested with authority by the members of the club to manage, coordinate and run the day-to-day af…