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Paul Ogemba |
February 12th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has constituted a five-member selection panel to begin assessing 13 applicants seeking to fill the position of Chief Justice.
The commission embarked on the process as people wondered why top lawyers, legal scholars and senior judges failed to apply for the top judicial job.
It was widely thought that the current Supreme Court judges would top the list of those seeking the CJ’s position, but none of the five judges applied including DCJ Philomena Mwilu who has been acting as the CJ since Justice David Maraga’s retirement in January.
Havi Dealt Blow After Ruling on Chaotic LSK Meeting
LSK President Nelson Havi addressing a press conference on September 24, 2020
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Law Society of Kenya President Nelson Havi has been dealt a blow after the High Court overturned the society s resolutions arrived at during a chaotic meeting in January.
LSK had, on January 18, resolved to suspend all its members during the meeting that saw some of the learned friends in near fistfights.
The High Court in its ruling, on Wednesday, February 3, overturned the resolution.
The court also reinstated the Law Society of Kenya Council members who had been suspended by the society in the meeting that Havi chaired.
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Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Legal experts have warned of a crisis in the Judiciary following the decision by a Meru court to suspend Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu.
High Court Judge Patrick Otieno’s shock ruling on Friday following a petition by a Meru resident, however, won praise from other quarters. They argue that the judge was right to order Justice Mwilu to step aside until she clears her name over allegations of misconduct and abuse of office.
Justice Otieno ordered Mwilu to step aside from occupying the DCJ office, sitting as a Supreme Court judge, sitting as a member of the Judicial Service Commission and holding the position of Judiciary Ombudsperson pending determination of the suit filed by Isaiah Mwongela.
EACC Stopped From Investigating State Officers
18 January 2021 - 11:17 am
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Comission (EACC) Offices at Integrity centre Building in Nairobi. Monday, 18 November 2019.
Simon Kiragu
Kenyans.co.ke
The High Court has barred the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) from probing employees of state corporations and parastatals.
The court argued that state corporations and parastatals are not offices in the public service.
The decision ruled by the three bench judges, Jessie Lesiit, Chacha Mwita and Lucy Njuguna, locks out investigating agencies from probing the expenditure by the parastatals.
Inside the precincts of a Kenyan court
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Among those affected by the ruling also include the office of the Attorney General and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).