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…They were originally five with William Adwera Oliech who died in the prison custody before the hearing of this case started on l6th December, 1991 and the State has withdrawn the case against him.…

…respondent to restrain him, his servants and/or agents from collecting rent and interfering with the defendant’s use of half of the premises on the parcel of land known as Tetu/Unjiru/1657 (the suit property) pending the hearing…

…applicant and the respondent and whose contents are admitted by the respondent, I am satisfied that the applicant has met the threshold as set in the Mrao case and I see no reason to deny her the orders sought pending the hearing…

….......................................APPLICANT AND DABER ENTERPRISES LIMITED...................................................................RESPONDENT (An application for a stay of execution pending the lodging and hearing…

…damages pending the hearing and determination of the intended appeal.…

…In paragraph 17 of the affidavit counsel deponed that under section 77(1) of the Constitution, a person is entitled to a fair hearing when he is charged.…

…On 18th February, 1992, the matter came up for hearing before us.…

…Further that the appeal has high chances of success and that for the seven (7) years that the case was pending hearing and determination the appellants were out on bond and at no time did they abscond. I have heard Mr.…

…I have also noted the concerns raised in the pre-bond report and I am of the considered view since the appeal has been filed and a date for hearing has been fixed the case should proceed to hearing of the substantive appeal…

…This was preferred during the course of the hearing and substituted for the original of attempted rape.…

…He was, we think, then disqualified from hearing the case and should have transferred it to another magistrate of competent jurisdiction.…

…Thereafter the hearing was adjourned and it would appear from the record that Mr Mganga was unable to continue with the trial and the case was taken over by Mr Magolo, an Acting Resident Magistrate.…

…He first appears on record on 13th January 1988 when he fixed the hearing for 5th April 1988.…

…This ground alone merited the appellant’s appeal to be admitted to hearing in the superior court. Summary rejection of that appeal was therefore wrong.…

…Accordingly, we allow the appellant’s appeal to this court, set aside the superior court’s order summarily rejecting the appellant’s appeal to that court and order that the said appeal be admitted to hearing by the superior…

…The applicant applied to be released on bond pending the hearing and determination of the case.…

…application, the applicant was previously charged with the same offence before the Chief Magistrate’s Court Nakuru before the proceedings were terminated and then transferred to the Naivasha Chief Magistrate’s Court for fresh hearing…

…MCCR/E.034 of 2020, pending the hearing and determination of this revision. 3) To make an order to call for and examine the record of the proceedings in the Chief Magistrate’s court at JKIANairobi in Criminal Case No.…

…Submissions that are common place in trials or hearing of appeals are undesirable.…

…The appellant indicated that he waited to be present at the hearing of the appeal and an order was made for his production at the hearing. On the hearing date, the appellant was absent and unrepresented.…

…The applicant seeks to stay the hearing of the R.Ms court criminal case number 2826 of 1985 against the applicant now pending before Ang’awa (Miss), senior resident magistrate Nairobi, until the hearing and disposal of an…

…XVI Rule 5 of the Civil Procedure Rules, on the ground that the plaintiff had since the close of the pleadings taken no steps in the matter to set down the suit for hearing.…

…XVI Rule 5 are restated:- “If within three months after: - (a) the close of the pleadings … the plaintiff does not set down the suit for hearing, the defendant may either set the suit down for hearing or apply for its dismissal…

…He has lodged an appeal to this court against conviction and sentence and now applies to be released on bail pending the hearing and determination of the appeal.…

…However, since I have seen that there not so many appeals in Mombasa, I cannot see why the hearing of this particular one should take long to dispose of.…

…He has lodged an appeal to this court against conviction and sentence and now applies to be released on bail pending the hearing and determination of the appeal.…

…However, since I have seen that there not so many appeals in Mombasa, I cannot see why the hearing of this particular one should take long to dispose of.…

…grounds under which the application was made are that the accused and all the witnesses are residents of Eldoret and it would be unduly expensive for them to keep on traveling to Naivasha whenever the case comes up for hearing…

…It would not be in the interest of justice to have the accused and witnesses travel long distances for the hearing of the case. That would be expensive and may also cause delay in the finalisation of the matter.…

…Counsel further applied that the presiding judge do disqualify himself from hearing the renewed bail application as he had rejected the previous one and was thus looking to reach the same conclusion in the current one.…

…It was suggested in submission by counsel for the applicant that an applicant for bail under section 123(3) was entitled to trail his coat through every court and before every judge for fresh hearing. Held: 1.…

…Kiriba, Senior Resident Magistrate, in Criminal Case No. 2019 of 2001) JUDGMENT There are four appeals all consolidated for hearing. Criminal Appeal No. 417 of 2002 was filed by JACOB MATHENGE NJOGU.…

…The Complainant admitted during the hearing that he did not see Accused Four at the robbery. He said he immediately opened the door for them, they cut him on the head and he was forced to give them Ksh.6000/=.…

…We do not have any explanation for his nonattendance.That being the case, and there being no other counsel present and ready to represent the appellant, we are unable to proceed with the hearing of this appeal.…

…It is accordingly taken out of today's hearing list and stood over to an early date to be refixed at the Registry. Mr.…