Paul Tapukai Mebarne & Mokonyo Ole Letiet v County Government of Narok & National Land Commission [2015] KEELC 241 (KLR)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND LAND COURT OF KENYA

AT NAKURU

MISC CIVIL APPLICATION NO 123 OF 2015

PAUL TAPUKAI MEBARNE

MOKONYO OLE LETIET……………………………… APPLICANTS

AND

COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NAROK

NATIONAL LAND COMMISSION ……………....…RESPONDENTS

RULING

(Application for leave to commence judicial review proceedings, leave granted as well as stay).

1. I have perused the motion dated 6th May 2015.  It is an application seeking leave to commence judicial review proceedings for orders of :-

(a)  Prohibition  restraining the  Chairman, National   Land  Commission ( NCL)  from  proceeding with the exercise of  recruitment and/or  gazetting of the  Narok  County   Land  Management  Board  as now  constituted.

Prohibition restraining the Chairman, NLC from  giving effect and /or acting on the illegal  communication of the Narok County  Government and purporting to endorse  particular persons as duly nominated members  of Narok   County  Land  Management Board.

(c )   Mandamus  compelling  the  Chairman, NLC, to call for  advertise  and  carry  out  fresh, fair  transparent  and  procedural  interviews for  candidates to serve  in the  Narok   County  Land  Management Board.

2. The  core  reasons why the  applicants  want the above  orders  is that they  are of the  opinion  that the  process  leading to the constitution of the Narok Land   Management Board  is  flawed.

3. They  also  want  a stay restraining  the  chair  NLC  from giving effect and/or gazetting the recommendations of the  Narok  County Government constituting  the said  Board.

4. I have considered the application and allow it.  I grant   leave as prayed and the grant of this leave shall operate  as stay.  In other   words  the  county   Government  of  Narok  and /or   the  NLC  are  barred by this   stay from  proceeding to constitute the  County  Land Management Board  of  Narok as recommended.

5. I direct the main motion to be filed and served in 21 days.

Mention   8/7/2015.

Dated, signed and delivered in open court at Nakuru this 12th Day of May 2015.

MUNYAO SILA

JUDGE

ENVIRONMENT & LAND COURT

AT NAKURU