JUDGMENT
A. Introduction
Before this court are two appeals, Petition No 24 of 2019 dated July 12, 2019, and Petition No 27 of 2019 dated July 17, 2019 both filed on July 18, 2019. The appeals are brought pursuant to article 163(4)(a) of th Constitution and rule 31(1) of the Supreme Court Rules, 2012, (now repealed), challenging in part the judgment and orders of the Court of Appeal (Makhandia, Musinga, Murgor, Odek & S Ole Kantai, JJA) in Civil Appeal No 204 of 2015. By an order of this court dated February 19, 2020, the appeals were consolidated, with Petition No 24 of 2019 as the lead file. The consolidation of the two appeals, with the former being the lead file, turns the Council of Governors & 6 others, into respondents even though they were initially petitioners.
B. Background
i. At the High Court
On February 8, 2014, the Senate Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments summoned fifteen County Governors to appear before it to answer questions on County financial management.…