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The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has nominated high court judge Justice David Maraga as Kenya’s Chief Justice. If approved by President Uhuru Kenyatta and the National Assembly, Justice Maraga (65) will become the county’s second CJ under the dispensation of the new constitution and will assume office with immediate effect as announced by JSC.  

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The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) yesterday started interviewing the shortlisted candidates for the Chief Justice position, which fell vacant following Dr Willy Mutunga’s retirement two months ago. Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Alnashir Visram, was the first candidate to be grilled even as a petitioner moved to court to block his qualification over a Ksh 14.2 […]

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The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision that judges should retire at the age of 70. A majority of the Supreme Court judges; Willy Mutunga, Mohamed Ibrahim and Smokin Wanjala disqualified themselves from hearing the case on grounds that their opinions with regards to the retirement age  of judges was in the […]

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Chief justice Willy Mutunga has condemned the teargassing of CORD supporters at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) offices yesterday by GSU officers. The CJ through a quote by American writer and Nobel Prize laureate William Faulkner alluded that teargassing peaceful demonstrations was a thing of the past. “The past is never dead. The […]

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Article by Winnie Kabintie The newly appointed Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) team, comprising four commissioners, was sworn in yesterday at the supreme court in a ceremony presided by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga. The four commissioners, who will be led by the new Chairman Phillip Kinisu, include Dabar Maalim, Paul Mwaniki, Sophia Lepuchirit and Rose Mughoi. […]

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