RULING OF THE COURT
1. The applicants initially separately filed three applications - Criminal Appeal (Application) Nos. 2, 3 and 4 of 2020 but they were later consolidated and they yielded Criminal Application No. 2 of 2020. The applicants are all aggrieved by the Ruling delivered on 9th April, 2020 in Criminal Revision No. 4 of 2020 by the High Court sitting in Naivasha (Mwongo, J). This Ruling therefore applies to the three applications as consolidated. The applicants in the three applications seek from this Court orders as follows:-
(i) That the Honourable court be pleased to grant stay of the orders issued on 9th April, 2020 and specifically the order directing commencement of proceedings and in essence issue an order of stay of proceedings against the appellant/applicant in Naivasha MCR No. 977 of 2018 pending hearing and determination of this application.
They also seek the same order of stay pending the hearing and determination of the intended appeal before this Court.
2. A brief…