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THE STANDARD By Paul Ogemba | April 7th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Justice William Ouko displays a letter of office as the new Court of Apeal president while ex-Chief Justice David Maraga look on at the Supreme court of Kenya on June 26, 2018. [George Njunge, Standard] Court of Appeal president William Ouko has never shied away from defending judicial independence. He is among the judicial officers who have been vocal, putting pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta to appoint 41 judges, 10 of which were nominated to sit at the Court of Appeal. He has also taken the Executive head-on for slashing the Judiciary budget. Faced by a dwindling number of appellate court judges due to retirement and failure to appoint the others, Justice Ouko took the drastic move of closing other Court of Appeal stations and recalling all the judges to Nairobi. ....