Lawyers Anita Masaki, Danstan Omar, Shadrack Wambui and Litty Kathurima for defendant Memba Ocharo attend the appeal case hearing virtually yesterday. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]The fate of 10 candidates seeking to be Chief Justice will be known today as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) puts up a brave fight to have orders that stopped it from concluding the process lifted. The commission, in its submission before the Court of Appeal, argued that the order issued by High Court judges Anthony Mrima, Reuben Nyakundi and Wilfrida Okwany was wrong, unjustified and likely to plunge the country into a constitutional crisis. Gumbo, however, submitted that the High Court judges misdirected themselves and reached an unreasonable decision to stop the recruitment process when the issue did not raise any weighty constitutional question. She sits at the commission as the Supreme Court representative and not the DCJ and cannot be assumed to be automatically the commission’s chairperson,” said Nyamodi.

Source: Standard Digital April 26, 2021 21:00 UTC