RULING
1.In the application before us dated 21st May 2019 made under Article 163(4)(b) of the Constitution, Section 3(e) of the Supreme Court Act, 2011 and Rules 3 and 24 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2012, the applicant, Mohamed A. Maalim, has sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against the judgment of this Court delivered on 14th March 2019. It is contended that the intended appeal raises issues of general public importance touching on the scope of judicial review.
2.The background in brief is that, the applicant was disqualified from participating in elections that were scheduled to take place on 17th March 2017 to fill various posts within the 1st respondent on grounds that he was not qualified to vie and was not in good standing. The applicant was interested in vying for three elective posts. Dissatisfied with the disqualification, he appealed to the 1st respondent by letter of 20th March 2017. That appeal wasdismissed on 18th April 2017. Aggrieved, the applicant commenced ju…