Case ID:201838

Kaniu (Suing as Legal Representative of the Estate of Nehemiah Mwangi Kamau) v Multiple Hauliers [EA] Limited (Miscellaneous Cause E083 of 2022) [2022] KEELRC 3856 (KLR) (29 July 2022) (Ruling)

Case Metadata

Case Number:

Miscellaneous Cause E083 of 2022

Parties:

Kaniu (Suing as Legal Representative of the Estate of Nehemiah Mwangi Kamau) v Multiple Hauliers [EA] Limited

Date Delivered:

29 Jul 2022

Case Class:

Court:

Employment and Labour Relations Court at Nairobi

Case Action:

Ruling

Judge(s):

James Rika

Citation:

Kaniu (Suing as Legal Representative of the Estate of Nehemiah Mwangi Kamau) v Multiple Hauliers [EA] Limited (Miscellaneous Cause E083 of 2022) [2022] KEELRC 3856 (KLR) (29 July 2022) (Ruling)

County:

Nairobi

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Kaniu (Suing as Legal Representative of the Estate of Nehemiah Mwangi Kamau) v Multiple Hauliers [EA] Limited (Miscellaneous Cause E083 of 2022) [2022] KEELRC 3856 (KLR) (29 July 2022) (Ruling)

Neutral citation:

[2022] KEELRC 3856 (KLR)

Republic of Kenya

In the Employment and Labour Relations Court at Nairobi

Miscellaneous Cause E083 of 2022

J Rika, J

July 29, 2022

Between

Margaret Wanjiku Kaniu

Applicant

Suing as Legal Representative of the Estate of Nehemiah Mwangi Kamau

and

Multiple Hauliers [Ea] Limited

Respondent

Ruling

1.

Invoking section 12 of the

Employment and Labour Relations Court Act

, and order 51 of the

C

ivil Procedure Court Rules,

2010, the applicant asks the court to adopt as its own judgment, an assessment made in her favour, by the director of occupational safety and health.

2.

The application is founded on the affidavit of the applicant sworn on May 23, 2022.

The court finds:-

3.

The jurisdiction of this court under the

Work Injury Benefits Act

, Cap 236 the Laws of Kenya, is very limited. It does not include enforcement of awards made by the director of occupational safety and health.

4.

The jurisdiction of this court is confined to section 52[ 2] of the act, which is an appellate jurisdiction.

It is ordered:-

a.

The application is declined for want of jurisdiction.

b.

No order on the costs.

DATED, SIGNED AND RELEASED TO THE PARTIES ELECTRONICALLY, AT CHAKA, UNDER THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND JUDICIARY COVID-19 GUIDELINES, THIS 29

TH

DAY OF JULY 2022.

James Rika

Judge