The Executive and the Judiciary may be headed for yet another tiff if the latter sides with the Law Society of Kenya over the listing of 24 new senior counsel. On Monday, President Uhuru Kenyatta conferred senior counsel status on 24 lawyers, prompting the LSK to ask Chief Justice David Maraga not to list them in the roll of senior counsel, citing illegalities in their nomination. Senior counsel enjoy several privileges, among them being allocated special seats in court, wearing special robes and preference in judicial matters. Are judges to tell us who qualifies to be senior counsel?” he said. Maraga’s communications team held the same position, saying the process of conferring senior counsel title has nothing to do with the Judiciary.

Source: The Star July 21, 2020 19:52 UTC