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…So it is the subordinate court which makes the reference under section 67 (1) of the Constitution of Kenya (the Constitution), not the party.…

…It is perfectly clear that there was no matter before the Chief Magistrate as to the interpretation of the Constitution. For that reason section 67 of the Constitution did not apply.…

…Section 67(1) of the Constitution can only be invoked where any question as to the interpretation of the Constitution itself arises in any proceedings in any subordinate court.…

…A conflict between two Acts of Parliament is not a matter requiring the interpretation of the Constitution.…

…In paragraph 20 he deponed that under section 80 of the Constitution of Kenya (he must have meant section 84 of the said Constitution) the applicant was entitled to apply to this honourable Court in it’s original jurisdiction…

…An argument founded on what is claimed to be the spirit of the Constitution is always attractive for it has a powerful appeal to sentiment and emotion; but a Court of law has to gather the spirit of the Constitution from…

…S 72 (1) of the Constitution says:- “No person shall be deprived of his personal liberty save as may be authorised by law in any of the following cases- (a) In execution of the sentence or order of a court ... in respect…

…Reading S 72 of the Constitution and S 207 of the Criminal Procedure Code together, we continue in the view that the court is to sentence the accused only for the offence with which he is charged, and that the facts to be…

…Section 72 (2) and (3) of the Constitution is to the same effect.…

…This provision has to be read together with section 72 (3) (b) of the Constitution of Kenya which states that a person who is arrested or detained upon reasonable suspicion of having committed, or being about to commit a…

…appeal, complained that the court below:- i. perpetrated a miscarriage of justice by ignoring the illegal circumstances which surrounded the trial; ii. participated in the miscarriage of justice by violating s 77(2) of the constitution…

…Section 72(2) and (3) of the Constitution is to the same effect.…

…Section 72 (5) of the Constitution provides in effect that an accused charged with a bailable offence, as is the case with the applicant: “… shall … be released either unconditionally or upon reasonable conditions, including…

…I will proceed in his absence as the accused himself urges me to do” In reliance on article 77(2) of the Constitution of Kenya, Mr Akhaabi argued that by so proceeding the magistrate had arbitrarily deprived the appellant…

…Act; by failing to comply with section 169 of the Criminal Procedure Code; by basing conviction and sentence on scanty and flawed prosecution evidence; by failing to observe contravention of section Article 50(1) of the Constitution…

…against the appellant being R M Criminal Case No 213/84 in the same court which took place a few days prior to the present trial, the appellant could not and did not have fair trial within the meaning of section 77 of the Constitution…

…That the learned Judge misdirected in law by failing to resolve the provision of section 72(3)(b) of the constitution. 3.…

…This was long before the recent amendment to the Constitution. In the case of the 1st accused the officer who took the statement at Nyeri was Chief Inspector Githitho.…