“These charges have been brought not to secure justice but to secure the removal of the deputy chief justice from office,” he said before launching his legal challenge. Political undercurrentsIn October 2017, Mwilu’s bodyguard was shot dead the day before the Supreme Court was to hear a petition to postpone the re-run. As a result, Mwilu did not attend the hearing and the lack of a quorum meant the election went ahead unchallenged. “This is an intensified war on the Supreme Court,” Orengo said Wednesday. Mwilu was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2016 and shot into the limelight for her role in annulling Kenyatta’s first poll win.

Source: The Guardian August 29, 2018 14:24 UTC