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Martha Koome’s rise strikes gender balance at top court
Friday April 30 2021
By SAM KIPLAGAT
Summary
If approved by Parliament and becomes Kenya’s third Chief Justice after the passing of the Constitution in 2010, and also the first woman CJ in the country’s history, Justice Koome, 61, will be joining Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu and Justice Njoki Ndung’u at the top court.
If Martha Koome becomes the country’s next Chief Justice (CJ), the Supreme Court shall have ended a 10-year wait to comply with the constitutional one-third gender rule.
Article 81(b) of the Constitution states that not more than two-thirds of members in elective and appointive bodies shall be of the same gender, while Article 27(6) proposes legislative and other measures, including affirmative action, to be put in place to achieve the rule.