RULING OF THE COURT
By way of a Notice of Motion dated 9th July 2020, the applicants, sought for orders of status quo to be maintained pending the hearing and determination of the appeal and a stay of execution in the Co-operative Tribunal Case Nos. 177 of 2016; 181 of 2016; 182 of 2016; 183 of 2016 and 184 of 2016 (Consolidated) at Nairobi pending the hearing and determination of the High Court Appeal No. 363 of 2018.
As a brief background, the respondent, Meru North Farmers SACCO Ltd sought for and obtained summary judgment from the Co-operative Tribunal on 7th May, 2009 in respect of sums it claimed from the applicants. The applicants thereafter applied for a review of the judgment on 9th May 2017 which the Tribunal declined to grant. As a consequence, they moved to the High Court seeking to appeal the Tribunal’s decision, which appeal is pending before that court. To forestall execution of the Tribunal’s decision, they also sought orders of stay of execution which the High Court (G…