MOHAMED ABDI MAHAMUD V. AHMED ABDULLAHI MOHAMED, AHMED MUHUMED ABDI, GICHOHI GATUMA PATRICK & INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYA

(Coram: Maraga, CJ and

P; Mwilu, DCJ and VP; Ibrahim, Ojwang and Lenaola, SCJJ)

APPLICATION NO. 6 OF 2018

–BETWEEN–

MOHAMED ABDI MAHAMUD..........................APPELLANT

–AND–

AHMED ABDULLAHI MOHAMED........1^ST RESPONDENT

AHMED MUHUMED ABDI.......................2^ND RESPONDENT

GICHOHI GATUMA PATRICK.................3^RD RESPONDENT

INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND

BOUNDARIES COMMISSION..................4^TH RESPONDENT

(Appeal from the Judgment and decree of the Court of Appeal at

Nairobi by Hon. Justice Phillip Waki, Hon. Justice Patrick

Kiage and Hon. Justice Makhandia dated 20 April 2018)

May 3, 2018

Coram:

D.K. Maraga, CJ and P.

P.M. Mwilu, DCJ and V-P.

Ibrahim, SCJ

Ojwang, SCJ

Lenaola, SCJ

ORDER

While the appeal awaits hearing, there is an urgent situation affecting the Office of Governor of Wajir County. The applicant’s counsel has filed a certificate of urgency, supported by the affidavit of Mohamed Abdi Mohamad, the sitting Governor of Wajir County, dated 23^r…