REPUBLIC V. INTERIM INDEPENDENT BOUNDARIES REVIEW COMMISSION, NOOR MAALIM HUSSEIN, ABDI BUUHOW ABDI, HASSAN HUSSEIN MOHAMED, ABDULLAHI ABDI HUSSEIN, GEOFFREY IKATUKON LOBOKOT, AHMED MOHAMED NOOR, HAMDI ALI MOHAMED, MOHAMED ALI GURE & MOHAMED ALI ABDI; COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF MANDERA & COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF GARISSA (INTERESTED PARTIES); EXPARTE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PLANNING NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND VISION 2030 & DIRECTOR KENYA NATIONAL BUREAU FOR STATISTICS

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

Introduction

[1] This appeal arises from judicial review proceedings that were initiated in the High Court by Noor Maalim Hussein, Abdi Buuhow Abdi, Hassan Hussein Mohamed, Abdullahi Abdi Hussein and Geoffrey Ikatukon Lobokot who are now 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and 6^th respondents respectively. Following leave granted by the High Court under Order 53 of the Civil Procedure Rules, the five respondents who described themselves as registered voters and residents of eight constituencies within the Republic of Kenya, sought orders of certiorari and prohibition against the Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, the Director of Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (now the 1^st and 2^nd appellants respectively), and the Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (now the 1^st respondent). During the proceedings in the High Court four other persons Ahmed Mohamed Noor, Hamdi Ali Mohamed, Mohamed Ali Gure and Mohamed Ali Abdi were joined as intere…