JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
[1] This appeal arises from a petition that was lodged in the High Court by Josephat Mwisa and 24 others persons. The petitioners who are now the appellants before us had moved the High Court by way of a petition under Articles 22, 23 and 258 of the Constitution, seeking declarations that their rights under Articles 27, 43, 47 and 73 of the Constitution had been violated, and an order directing the respondents who were the Pharmacy and Poisons Board and the Registrar, Pharmacy and Poisons Board (1st and 2nd respondent respectively) to admit and license the Petitioners to practice as pharmaceutical technologists.
[2] The appellants all claim to be holders of a diploma in Pharmacy having sat and passed an examination set by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC); that KNEC is a statutory body charged with setting, maintaining examination standards, and conducting public examinations within Kenya; that having acquired the diploma in Pharmacy the appellants wer…