Warrant after issue of summons.
Notwithstanding the issue of a summons, a warrant under Kenya law may be issued at any time before or after the time appointed in the summons for the appearance of the accused.
Warrant on disobedience of summons.
Under the Kenya laws,if the accused does not appear at the time and place appointed in and by the summons, and his personal attendance has not been dispensed, the court may issue a warrant to apprehend him and cause him to be brought before it; but no warrant shall be issued unless a complaint has been made upon oath.
Form, contents and duration of warrant.
Every warrant of arrest under Kenya law shall be under the hand of the judge or magistrate issuing it and shall bear the seal of the court.Every warrant shall state shortly the offence with which the person against whom it is issued is charged, and shall name or otherwise describe that person, and shall order the person or persons to whom it is directed to apprehend the person against whom it is issued and bring him before the court issuing the warrant, or before some other court having jurisdiction in the case, to answer to the charge therein mentioned and to be further dealt with according to law. A warrant shall remain in force until it is executed or until it is cancelled by the court which issued it.
Warrants may be directed to landholders, etc
A magistrate empowered to hold a subordinate court of the first class may under Kenya laws direct a warrant to a landholder, farmer or manager of land within the local limits of his jurisdiction for the arrest of an escaped convict or person who has been accused of a cognizable offence and has eluded pursuit.The landholder, farmer or manager shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of the warrant and shall execute it if the person for whose arrest it was issued is in or enters on his land or farm or the land
under his charge.When the person against whom the warrant is issued is arrested, he shall be made over with the warrant to the nearest police officer, who shall cause him to be taken before a magistrate having jurisdiction.