R U L I N G
The notice of motion dated 23rd April, 2018 filed in Court on 27th April, 2018 was accompanied by a Certificate of Urgency dated 23rd April, 2018. The matter came before me for certification on 4th May, 2018 but when I perused the motion, the affidavit in support and the judgment intended to be appealed, I declined to certify the motion as urgent and ordered it to be listed at the Registry for hearing in the usual way.
By a letter dated 7th May, 2018 M/s Wesonga, Mutembei and Kigen Advocates for the applicants wrote to the Deputy Registrar of this Court requesting an inter-partes hearing pursuant to Rules 47 (5) of the rules of this court. That rule permits an applicant whose application has not been certified urgent to request informally that the matter be placed before a single Judge for hearing inter-partes on the question of urgency.
The file came to me on 22nd May, 2018 when I ordered that the parties be served for hearing on 4th June, 2018 at 2.30 p.m. That having been …