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SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
V.
JAMES NJENGA KARUME

(1992) JELR 96218 (CA)

Court of Appeal 29 May 1992 Kenya
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- The Speaker of the National Assembly declared the Kiambaa parliamentary seat vacant after the respondent, James Njenga Karume, changed party affiliation following the repeal of section 2A of the Constitution, making Kenya a multi-party st

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Suit Number:Civil Application NAI 92 of 1992 (NAI 40/92 UR)
Judges:Richard Otieno Kwach, Abdul Majid Cockar, Mathew Guy Muli
Location:Nairobi
Other Citations:Speaker of the National Assembly v. James Njenga Karume [1992] eKLR

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL

AT NAIROBI

(Coram: Kwach, Cockar and Muli JJ A)

CIVIL APPLICATION NO NAI 92 OF 1992 (NAI 40/92 UR)

Between

SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY............APPELLANT

AND

JAMES NJENGA KARUME...................................RESPONDENT

(Application for stay of execution in an intended appeal from a Ruling of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Shields J) dated 20th May, 1992

in

HC Misc Appl No 388 of 1992)

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RULING

This is an application under rule 5(2)(b) of the Court of Appeal Rules brought by the Speaker of the National Assembly (the Speaker), seeking a stay of the orders of the Honourable Mr Justice Shields made under order 53 of the Civil Procedure Rules, cap 21 on 20th May 1992, whereby he granted Honourable James Njenga Karume (the respondent) leave to apply for an order of certiorari to remove into the High Court and quash the declaration dated 9th March 1992, by the Speaker published in the Kenya Gazette Notice No 977 of 1992, declaring the Kiambaa parl…

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