JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
[1] This appeal arises from the determination of an application dated 17th September 2015 in which the respondents herein sought an order of temporary injunction in the following terms:
“an interlocutory injunction do issue against the [appellant] restraining it from evicting the respondents from occupation of the land parcel known as Eldoret Municipality Block 20 (Kapyemit)/2600 pending the hearing and determination of the suit.
[2] The suit was brought by the respondents by way of a plaint dated 17th September 2015 in which they sued the appellant, as well as Philip Kipkoech Tenai (Tenai) and Jonathan Kipketer Kurgat (Kurgat) as the 1st and 2nd defendants in the Environment and Land Court (ELC) respectively in ELC Case No. 361 of 2015. In that suit, the respondents claim that at some point in time, they individually purchased land from Tenai. Their collective portions of land all comprise part of Eldoret Municipality Block 20 (Kapyemet)/2600 (the suit property). A…