The Office of the Director of Criminal Investigations informed the court that the victims and the accused persons have reached an out of court settlement hence decision to withdraw the case.
Families who lost an adult will get Sh1.2 million and minors Sh800,000 from the farm owner.
The magistrate will give his ruling on Thursday.
This emerged during the ongoing trial, where Perry Manusukh, a director of Solai Farm and eight others were charged with 48 counts of manslaughter on the May 8, 2018 and failing to prepare an environmental impact assessment report.
The other eight are Vinoj Jaya Kumar, Johnson Njuguna, Luka Kipyegen, Winnie Muthoni, Jacinta Were, Tomkin Odo Odhiambo, Williec Omondi and Lynette Cheruiyot.
Through state counsel Alex Muteti, the ODPP sought to have the criminal case withdrawn though the court had already put the nine accused on their defense.
Muteti told Naivasha chief magistrate Nathan Lutta that the victims and the accused through their advocates had held several meetings where the issue of compensation had been agreed.
While calling on the court to consider the application, he noted that the case had taken over six years, emotionally and financially draining all the parties involved.
“The victims in a letter to the ODPP requested that the matter be resolved out of court and after reviewing the case, we support alternative dispute resolution mechanisms,” he said.
Muteto told the court that under the agreement, the victims would be compensated through cash while withdrawing the criminal and civil case facing Manusukh.
“The victims and the owner of Solai Farm have had a good working and living relationship and they want to maintain this even after the case,” he said.
Advocate Ferdinand Masinde told the court that they supported the application by the ODPP, adding that all the affected victims had signed the agreement.
The farm owner has already opened an account and deposited the required compensation escrow-cash to show his commitment in resolving the issue out of court.
Lawyer Hagai Chimei, representing the victims, supported the petition to withdraw the case adding that all parties had agreed to the out of court settlement.
