[Ruling]-Criminal practice and procedure-bail-application for bail pending hearing and determination of appeal-where the affidavit was sworn by the applicants advocate-whether the application was defective-whether exceptional circumstances had been established to warrant the grant of bail-validity of the application-Criminal Procedure Code section 357 (1)

[Ruling]-Criminal practice and procedure-extension of time-application made by the applicant seeking leave to appeal out of time-whether the right of appeal is a constitutional right in criminal matters-whether there was an automatic right of appeal in the circumstances of the case-whether the application has merit-Constitution section 77 (8); Criminal Procedure Code sections 347, 349; Penal Code section 121 (2)

[Ruling]-Criminal practice and procedure-extension of time-application made by the applicant seeking leave to appeal out of time-whether the right of appeal is a constitutional right in criminal matters-whether there was an automatic right of appeal in the circumstances of the case-whether the application has merit-Constitution section 77 (8); Criminal Procedure Code sections 347, 349; Penal Code section 121 (2)

[Ruling]-Criminal law-murder-accused charged with two counts of murder-whether the prosecution had established a prima facie case-evidence-whether the evidence adduced at trial was sufficient to put the accused to his defence-where a total of eight witnesses had testified for the prosecution-whether the accused was entitled to an acquittal-Penal Code section 203 as read with 204; Criminal Procedure Code section 306 (1); Evidence Act section 77

[Ruling]-Criminal practice and procedure-bail-application for bail pending appeal-whether the appellant had an arguable appeal with overwhelming chances of success-whether the appellant had established any exceptional circumstance for granting bail-validity of the application-Criminal Procedure Code sections 356 (1), 357

[Ruling] Constitutional law-fundamental rights-rights to a fair trial-where the matter before court was ordered to start denovo-where the prosecution took more than a year to start the case denovo-whether the accused persons rights had been infringed-whether the accused persons were entitled to an acquittal

[Ruing] Civil Procedure-execution-application for orders of execution to proceed against the respondent-application for striking out of objection-grounds that the high court already found that the alleged placement under receivership  of  Busia Sugar Co. Ltd  by Mumias Sugar Co. Ltd, and the Kenya Sugar Board were null and void ab initio-objection on the grounds that the application was defective and incompetent for want of compliance with the mandatory provisions of the law-effect of-manner in which such applications should be brought-court discretion-applicable principles-whether the failure of an application to have a supporting affidavit was a fatal mistake-Civil Procedure Act section 3, 3A and 63(e)