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May 21, 2021 11:43:06 am
Through a special gazette notice on Wednesday, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed the appointment of Lady Justice Martha Koome as the Country’s inaugural female Chief Justice (CJ).
The presidential appointment marks one of the final stages of the rigorous recruitment exercise, which was occasioned by the retirement of her immediate predecessor, David Maraga late last year. This appointment is indeed historic in several respects. Firstly, it marks the first-ever ascension of a female CJ to the judiciary’s helm. Additionally, the appointment has also made the Supreme Court the only top organ of government that is constitutionally compliant with the hitherto elusive gender parity rule.