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

(2019) JELR 97770 (CA)

Court of Appeal 1 Feb 2019 Kenya
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- The appellant, Jared Odoyo Okello, filed a constitutional petition alleging violation of his right of access to information after several school boards (respondents) refused to produce visitors' books intended as evidence in Supreme Court

Case Details

Suit Number:Civil Appeal 2 of 2015
Judges:Erastus Mwaniki Githinji JA, Hannah Magondi Okwengu JA Jamila Mohammed JA
Location:Kisumu
Other Citations:Jared Odoyo Okello v. Board of Management, Ponge Primary School & 11 others; Fredrick Otieno Outa (Interested Party) [2019] eKLR

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 1st to 12th 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 13th respondent in this appeal.

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

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