<p class="ql-align-center">RULING OF THE COURT</p><p class="ql-align-justify">[1] We have considered the application for scrutiny dated, 13^th October 2017, by the 1^st and 2^nd petitioners in Election Petition no. 4 of 2017. The application contains 20 prayers in all. We have also considered the affidavits in support of and opposition to the said application. We have paid due regard to the oral submissions of counsel for the petitioners and the respondents. In arriving at the Orders we are about to make, we have been guided by the principles laid down by this Court in <em>Peter Gatirau Munya;</em> regarding applications and Orders for scrutiny. We are further guided by our Ruling of 28^th October, 2017 in <em>Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka v. IEBC and Others;</em> wherein following an application for scrutiny by the petitioners, this Court further clarified the grounds upon which an Order for scrutiny may be granted, or partially granted, or declined altogether.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">[2] Pursuant to the foregoing, by unanimous decision, we hereby make the following Orders:</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><em>(i) The 2</em><em>^nd</em><em>…</em></p>