JARED ODOYO OKELLO
V.
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT, PONGE PRIMARY SCHOOL & 11 OTHERS; FREDRICK OTIENO OUTA (INTERESTED PARTY)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

[1] Jared Odoyo Okello (herein the appellant), unsuccessfully lodged a petition against the respondents who are all board of management of different schools. The appellant claimed that his right of access to information was violated by the respondents through their refusal to produce visitors books from the respective schools that the appellant intended to rely upon in an application for review in Supreme Court Petition No. 6 of 2014. The appellant sought what he describes as ‘a conservatory’ order compelling the 1^st to 12^th respondents to produce the visitors’ books used in their institutions in the months of February and March, 2013, to enable the court verify the signatures attributed to Fredrick Otieno Outa who was the respondent in Supreme Court Petition No. 6 of 2014 and who is now the 13^th respondent in this appeal.

[2] The appellant’s petition was heard by the High Court and in a ruling delivered on 13^th November, 2014, the learned judge (Maina J) dismissed…