High Court Blocks Auction of Galaxy Middle East and Africa Assets

Galaxy Middle East and Africa Limited has received a temporary reprieve after the High Court in Nairobi blocked an auction of their assets. The auction that was scheduled to be held today 13th October 2025, by the Siuma Auctioneers.

The court commissioned on Wednesday, an interim injunction barring Siuma Auctioneers, its agents and any person acting on their behalf to advertisement, conduct or to go on with the sale of goods, which are alleged to have been stolen in the warehouse of Galaxy located in Warehouse No. 7, Omega Business Park, Baba Dogo, Nairobi.

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According to the court, the prayer of interim orders is henceforth granted effectively protecting the assets of the company against auctioning.

The case under consideration is based on several legal grounds that were filed under a certificate of urgency. Galaxy Middle East and Africa Limited argues that the actions of the auctioneer were illegal and done without legal means such as right warrants, a court warrant or a proper proclamation. The company in its filing stated that the intended public sale was advertised by the auctioneer without the lawful proclamation, valid warrants and without court authorization a move the company says breaches the Civil Procedure Rules, the Auctioneers Rules, 1997.

The company also asserts that the products that would be sold include household and electrical appliances that are the core of its business. Galaxy said that the loss of these items would hamper its trade and result in serious financial and reputational damages. The company focused on the fact that the illegal acquisition and possible sale of its main inventory would paralays the business activities and cause irreplicable harm.

It was also claimed in its pleadings that the process of the attaching its goods and later advertizing them was based on an irregular and unlawful interlocutory judgment that was allegedly granted in the Nairobi High Court Commercial case No. E359 of 2025. It claimed that the company had not received any summons or court papers related to the case, and this, as it believed, was against the constitutional right of a fair hearing as stated in Article 50 of the Constitution.

The lawyers of the company also said that the company execution would lead to the damaging of its property through an irreversible disposal process that would make the legal process that was going on and any possibility of appeal useless. The defendants were also accused of threatening to raid on to the personal homes, guest homes and other structures related to the company, and this increased the urgency with which the court had to intervene.

Galaxy submitted in its submissions that application was duly made and in good faith and the balance of convenience was in favor of the retention of its goods pending the full hearing and determination of the dispute. According to the legal representatives, the injunction was needed to avoid injustice and avoid violating the constitutional rights of the company.

According to the court documents, the case is based on the contents of the Section 1A, 1B, 3A and 63(e) of the Civil Procedure Act and on the provisions of the Order 40 Rules 1 and 2 of the Civil Procedure Rules. Articles 40, 47 and 50 which provide the right to property, fair administrative action and a fair hearing are also mentioned in the petition.

The interim injunction granted by the court gives Galaxy Middle East and Africa Limited some breathing time as it awaits to contest the legality of the attachment and auction procedure. This issue will now go to a full hearing and the court will decide on the facts as to whether the auctioneer was acting within the law and whether the company has its rights infringed upon.