REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT NAKURU Petition 38 of 2011 IN THE MATTERS OF ARTICLES 22 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA AND IN THE MATTERS OF AN ALLEGED CONTRAVENTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS UNDER ARTICLES 40, 42, 69, 70 OF THE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 12 OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT OF SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND THE EVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CO-ORDINATION ACT BETWEEN ERICK MOGIRE NYAKOGO...........................................................................................1ST PETITIONER RACHAEL OCHANDO...................................................................................................2ND PETITIONER JOSEPH OGEMBO........................................................................................................3RD PETITIONER JOEL NYANDIEKA.........................................................................................................4TH PETITIONER JUSTUS GATECHA......................................................................................................5TH PETITIONER ABSALOM ODHIAMBO..............................................................................................6TH PETITIONER. SAMWEL KARANJA MBUTHI......................................................................................7TH PETITIONER
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HESBON IKALA............................................................................................................8TH PETITIONER VERSUS MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF NAKURU........................................................................1st RESPONDENT THE HON. MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT & MINERAL RESOURCES...........2ND RESPONDENT THE HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL...........................................................................3RD RESPONDENT NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY....................................4TH RESPONDENT DIRECTIONS Apart from the 4th respondent who has filed grounds of opposition, the rest have not responded to the petition. It is now directed that: i) those respondents who have not responded to file and serve their replies within 14 days; ii) pursuant to Article 165(3)(b) of the Constitution, parties to file/exchange written submissions within 21 days, with the petitioners doing so first, to demonstrate that the petition raises a substantial question of law that the petitioners’ rights and fundamental freedoms have been violated or infringed by the respondents iii) Highlight of the submissions on 27.3.2012 W. OUKO JUDGE
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