RULING
1.There are three appeals pending for hearing before this Court all arising from the judgment of the Environment and Land Court (ELC) (Obwayo J) delivered on 9th February, 2017. These are Civil Appeal No. 44 of 2017 filed by Lonrho Agri Business (EA) Limited (Lonrho), Civil Appeal No 45 of 2017 in which the appellant is Fanikiwa Limited (Fanikiwa), and Civil Appeal No 68 of 2017 in which Mary Jepkemboi Too and Sophie Jelimo Too who are the joint administrators of the estate of Mark Too, are the appellants.
2.The three appeals have been consolidated by an order made by this Court, Civil Appeal No 45 of 2017 being the lead file. The Court has also made an order joining several persons who were not parties in the trial court as respondents in the consolidated appeals. Several applications are now before us for leave to adduce additional evidence by way of affidavits. This ruling is in regard to these applications.
3.Applications dated 22nd December, 2020 and 23rd December, 2020 have …