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…Ngugi submitted that she was waiting for the Certificate of Delay. She, however, read the rule 81 and freely and frankly agreed that there was no ambiguity in the rule. Nor was it capable of a misinterpretation.…

…It did not extend to certificate of delay. In the circumstances, I see no mistake. None was alleged either in the Notice of Motion or in the supporting affidavit. Mrs.…

…High Court at Mombasa, Bhandari J) JUDGMENT The appellant was convicted on a first count of robbery contrary to section 296(1) of the Penal Code (cap 63) and on a second count of being in possession of a firearm without a certificate…

…The appellant had no certificate for the firearm. At the close of the prosecution case the appellant’s advocate told the court that the defence would be an alibi. The appellant made an unsworn statement in court.…

…Together with the application, they lodged an application under a certificate of urgency for an injunction to restrain the defendants from interfering with the suit property or levying any distress thereon.…

…to be signed by the owner of the goods or an adult person residing or working at the premises where the goods are attached or repossessed, and where any person refuses to sign such inventory the auctioneer shall sign a certificate…

…The Certificate of delay dated 11th November, 1999, fully explains the position.…

…I did not grant the certificate of urgency mainly on the ground that the copy of the record placed before me at the first instance were undated and uncertified.…

…It would have been desirable to seek better evidence as to age of the complainant, such as medical assessment of the age or birth certificate before making a finding as to age on mere say of the complainant’s mother.…

…It is difficult to assess the age without the birth certificate.…

…313 of the Penal Code) theCourt of Criminal Appeal had this to say; at page 807: “Dishonesty is not per se a criminal offence: and the point that has been argued before us and which is the subject of the deputy chairman’s certificate…

…so as to obtain a declaratory judgment under section 379(5) of the Civil Procedure Code, as it had not been certified that the point involved was of such exceptional public importance as to justify the Attorney General’s certificate…