SAMUEL KAMAU MACHARIA & ANOTHER
V.
OCEAN FREIGHT TRANSPORT COMPANY LIMITED

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

On 23^rd October 2001, a summary judgment was entered by the High Court (Rawal, J. as she then was) against Samuel Kamau Macharia “the 1^st appellant ” and Purity Gathoni Githae “the 2^nd appellant ” in HCCC No. 3958 of 1991 (Nairobi). The judgment was in favour of Oceanfreight Transport Company Ltd (“the respondent”) for Kshs. 500,000/- with interest thereon at 19% per annum compounded monthly from 6^th December 1986 until payment in full. Upon failure by the appellants to satisfy the decree, the respondent on 10^th July, 2008 issued and served on the appellants’ bankruptcy notices numbers 3 and 4 of 2008, respectively on 4^th August 2008. However, the appellants failed to comply with the notices and instead sought to have them reviewed and set aside. The High Court (Kimaru, J.) declined the invitation and dismissed the application on 27^thMay 2008. Instead, the judge granted the respondent leave to commence bankruptcy proceedings against the appellants

The appellants we…