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Chief Justice nominee Martha Koome when she appeared before National Assembly s Justice and Legal Affairs Committee.[Elvis Ogina, Standard]
Chief Justice nominee Martha Koome has defended herself against objections to her recruitment by the Law Society of Kenya President Nelson Havi based on her handling of a dispute between the National Produce and Cereals Board and Erad, a company associated with the late Jacob Juma.
Before the National Assembly’s Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC), Koome said her decision, which was shared with other bench members saved the country from losing public funds.
Justice Koeme said Havi questioned her ruling in 2012 in a case where Erad supplied maize to the Cereals Board and obtained a decree to be paid some money but the board appealed the decision.
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Martha Koome when she appeared before the Judicial Service Commission to interview for the position of Chief Justice at the Supreme Court buildings, yesterday. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]
Court of Appeal Judge Martha Koome has explained why a three-judge bench issued an order suspending a High Court ruling on the eve of Kenya’s repeat election.
High Court Judge George Odunga had declared that all the 271 returning officers and their deputies were illegally appointed just a day before the 2017 repeat presidential election.
However, hours after he had delivered the judgement in favour of activist Khelef Khalifa, Court of Appeal judges who included Koome, Fatuma Sichale and Erastus Githinji suspended the order and the elections went on.