IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
( Coram: Law, Miller and Potter JJA )
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 30 OF 1981
BETWEEN
KARANJA............................................................................APPELLANT
AND
KABUGI.............................................................................RESPONDENT
JUDGMENT
Law JA This is an appeal by the petitioner in an election petition (No 20 of 1979), the hearing whereof has not yet begun before the High Court sitting as an Election Court under Section 44 of the Constitution of Kenya, against three rulings made by that Court in the course of interlocutory proceedings. The petition was filed on December 7, 1979, and two paragraphs in the petition are relevant to this appeal. The first is paragraph 10, which reads —
“10. Your Petitioner states that the said Preliminary Election for the said constituency was not conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Act and of the Regulations and other provisions of law nor in accordance with the principles laid d…