JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
On 13th December, 2012, this Court (E.M. Githinji, Wanjiru Karanja and D.K. Maraga JJ.A) directed that this appeal and Civil Appeal No. 307 of 2012, Ex-Chief Peter Odoyo Oganda and 9 others v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and 14 others, Civil Appeal No. 307 of 2012 be heard one after the other.
Pursuant to those directions, the two appeals were so heard and judgment in No. 307 of 2012 was rendered on 19th April 2013. However, due to some mix-up with the two files, judgment in this appeal has been delayed to this date, for which delay we apologize to the parties and counsel.
Following the publication by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of Legal Notice No. 14 of 6th March 2012, The National Assembly Constituencies and County Assembly Wards Order, 2012, on the delimitation of boundaries for constituencies and assembly wards, several complaints were raised regarding the manner in which the 80 constituencies and 1450 county as…