TATU CITY LIMITED & 3 ORS
V.
STEPHEN JENNINGS & 6 ORS

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

1. The Tatu City project was a grand and noble investment idea. But it is now mired in the ignominy of Boardroom and Shareholder wars, mostly fought in court rooms and the airwaves. The matter before us is just one other battle front that can only lead to a temporary ceasefire as the main battle awaits the parties before the High Court. It is an interlocutory appeal against orders issued by the High Court (Ogola, J.) on 28^th April, 2015 in respect of two applications filed by the appellants before us. The first application was dated 5^th February, 2015 (amended on 23^rd February, 2015); the other was dated 19^th March, 2015.

2. Surrounding the dispute is an intricate web of relationships between the parties stretching from Kiambu through Cyprus to Mauritius, but the kernel of it, similarly intricate, is an offshore loan transaction which appears to defy clarity. We may give a brief background to the appeal as gleaned from the record.

3. The 1^st appellant (Tatu) and the…