grounds relied upon to sustain the prayer of the petition and c) ………………………………………… ………. 3) …………………………��…………… ………. 4) ………………………………………… ………. 5) ………………………………………… ………. 6) ………………………………………… ………. 7) ………………………………………… ………. 8) The petition shall be accompanied by an affidavit setting out the facts on which the petition is based together with a list of any documents on which the petitioner intends to rely. This rule which is coached in mandatory terms is, to my mind, the foundation upon which pleadings, on the part of the petitioner, that will ensure fair trial of the petition from the point of view of the respondent, is based. The Civil Procedure Rules made under the Civil Procedure Act which also apply to trials of election petitions, have substantially similar provisions. The necessity and purpose of a clear system of pleadings in litigation cannot be underrated. Oder J.S.C, as he then was, in Interfreight Forwarders (U) limited and East African Development Bank stated thus:“The system of pleadings is necessary in litigation. It operates to define and deliver it with clarity and precision the real matters in controversy between