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SPEAKER, KAKAMEGA COUNTY ASSEMBLY
V.
CLEOPHAS WAKHUNGU MALALA & 2 OTHERS

(2016) JELR 95301 (CA)

Court of Appeal 12 Feb 2016 Kenya
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Suit Number:Civil Appeal 77 of 2014
Judges:David Kenani Maraga, Daniel Kiio Musinga, Stephen Gatembu Kairu
Location:Kisumu
Other Citations:Speaker, Kakamega County Assembly v. Cleophas Wakhungu Malala & 2 others [2016] eKLR

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

1. Apprehensive that Kakamega County Assembly, the 3rd respondent, was going to unlawfully impeach him, on 1st July 2014, Cleophas Wakhungu Malala, the 1st respondent, filed a petition in the High Court at Kakamega and sought, inter alia, an injunction to restrain the intended impeachment and a conservatory order retaining him in office as acting Speaker of Kakamega County Assembly.

2. Contemporaneous with the filing of the petition, the 1st respondent also filed a notice of motion in which he sought, on an interim basis, a similar injunction. After hearing the application, in his ruling dated 1st July 2014, Chitembwe, J. issued orders restraining the appellant and the 2nd and 3rd respondents (the respondents) from entertaining, debating or voting on the impeachment motion or taking any action to replace the 1st respondent.

3. It is alleged that contrary to those orders, on 2nd July 2014, the respondents went ahead to debate and remove the 1st respondent. On 7th Jul…

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