before this Court, have not demonstrated what action they have taken
or attempted to take to either have the High Court rule on their own
claim or appeal to the Court of Appeal.
In fact, Applicants do not
seem
of
inclined
paragraph‘
to
approach
the
Court
Appeal.
On
page
5,
of their Reply to the Respondent's Response, they state
clearly that “the present Applicants did not find it useful to revert to
the
Court
of Appeal
Moreover,
through
which
had
the Applicants found
this Honourable
Court
previously
ruled
on
the
matter.
it fit to resort to the African
which,
they
believe
is in the
Union
best
position to see that justice is not only done but also seen to be done”.
They
add
that “in another surprising turn of events,
Karata
Ernest
have recently filed yet another Chamber Application (No. 165/2012)
purporting to prolong the life span of Civil Suit No. 95/2003. What is
even
more
intriguing is the fact that the Affidavit filed in support of
Chamber Summons
No. 165/2012 bears the reference to Civil Case
No. 95/2003”.
127.
The
above
statement
moves
this
Court
to
draw
two
conclusions: if the Applicants are part of Suit No. 95/2003, the same
is still pending
before domestic Courts and as such
have not been exhausted;
95/2003
pending
local remedies
if the Applicants are not part of Suit No.
at the domestic
Court, they have
not taken their
matter to the Court of Appeal, after the ruling of the learned Justice
Twaib,
on 23 May
2011.
Their submission
that they do not find it
useful to revert to the Court of Appeal on the grounds that the Court
previously
ruled on the matter is wrong
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