Section 16 of Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43: Certificates

(1) Subject to this section, where a judgment under which a sum of money is payable or item of movable property is deliverable has been entered in a superior or subordinate court in Kenya against any person and the judgment creditor wishes to enforce the judgment in a reciprocating country, the court shall, on the application of the judgment creditor and on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to him—
(a) a certified copy of the judgment; and
(b) a certificate, in the form set out in the Schedule, or to the same effect, containing such particulars as are therein mentioned with respect to the proceedings, including the cause of action and the rate of interest, if any, payable on any sum payable and, where the judgment was given in a superior court and the judgment creditor wishes to enforce the judgment in a Commonwealth country, certifying that the court in which the judgment was given is a superior court in Kenya.
(2) An application under subsection (1) shall not be made with respect to a judgment—
(a) under which a sum of money is payable or any movable property is deliverable in respect of taxes or other charges of a similar nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty; or
(b) the execution of which is stayed for any period pending an appeal or for any other reason, until the expiration of that period.
(3) In the case of a judgment given by a tribunal or of an award in arbitration proceedings—
(a) the certified copy of the judgment or award shall be issued by the chairman of the tribunal or arbitration tribunal or the arbitrator;
(b) the certificate referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall, with such modifications as circumstances dictate, be issued by the High Court and the certificate shall state that the award is enforceable as a judgment of the High Court under the law of Kenya.