Kenya : Impact of today's Supreme Court ruling on Kenyan judges' retirement age - News Summed Up

Kenya : Impact of today's Supreme Court ruling on Kenyan judges' retirement age


Omtatah argues for outright disqualification of all the Supreme Court judges and not voluntary recusal of the judges, so that Court of Appeal ruling stands as the final decision in the matter. Updated Tue, June 14th 2016 at 12:51 GMT +3Today's Supreme Court ruling on judges' retirement age will determine who will be Kenya's 15th Chief Justice after independence. In the same breath, the law for retirement age for civil servants was brought forward from 60 to 55. And finally, Justice Jackton Ojwang and Lady Justice Njoki Ndung'u were part of the Bench which, in Supreme Court Petition No. It will either be Deputy CJ Lady Justice Kalpana Rawal or Justice Mohamed Ibrahim because of his seniority in the hierarchy of the Supreme Court.


Source: Standard Digital June 14, 2016 09:56 UTC



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