President Uhuru Kenyatta and Chief Justice Martha Koome with Judges of the Court of Appeal at State House, Nairobi, during the swearing-in ceremony of recently gazetted Judges Nairobi on June 4, 2021. [PSCU, Standard]It is not the President's role to decide which judges to reject, Uasin Gishu Woman Representative Gladys Shollei has said. President Uhuru Kenyatta turned down the nomination of six judges to the Court of Appeal and the Environment and Lands Court. Shollei said, "The Constitution does not allow the President to decide he has a bad feeling about a judge. The woman representative said the President is a conveyor belt in Judge appointments and that he defied the law in rejecting the six.

Source: Standard Digital June 07, 2021 08:03 UTC