Small claims court has declared that it will not handle cases where plaintiffs claim their fare was eaten.
Eldoret Claims Court Magistrate Tabitha Wanjiku Mbugua said that the small claims court would not handle the cases where people send money for fare to their loved ones and the loved ones fail to show up.
Speaking during a public engagement forum over the weekend, magistrate tabitha mbugua said that since the courts opened in eldoret, it has been flocked by men filing cases about their fare being eaten. The magistrate further noted that it is difficult for the small claims court to return the fee paid to the lovers if events do not go as planned.
"I sympathise with men who lose money to their female friends who eat fare and fail to honour invites. Some have approached my court for help but unfortunately, my court cannot compel such women to pay back the fare. The law on the jurisdiction of small claims court does not allow me to adjudicate on such," Mbugua said.
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Tabitha mbugua went on to caution kenyans who seek the help of spiritual healers, saying that they cannot get their money back from the courts if the promised services or rituals do not work because the courts do not recognise spiritual healers.
The eating fare debate has been going on for years now, with men wanting justice or for the courts to hold the women accountable for accepting the money but failing to show up.
The Small Claims Act of 2016 established the Small Claims Court. The court has monetary jurisdiction over matters with a value of less than Ksh.1 million. The main aim of the small claims court was to expedite the court process and to prevent backlogs in the main courts that were causing a delay in verdicts that could have been handled quickly by a smaller court.
