Topic: JSC
Why Chief Justice Martha Koome faces petition to remove her from office
Feb 01, 2024 at 08:12 PM
Chief Justice Martha Koome finds herself embroiled in controversy following a petition filed with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) seeking her removal from office....
Peter Salasya in trouble for threatening a magistrate after losing Sh500k debt case
Nov 29, 2023 at 12:36 PM
Mumia East Member of Parliament Peter Salasya has found himself in trouble with the Judicial Service Commission after allegedly threatening a magistrate in a Kakamega court....
Judicial Service Commission appoints new Chief Kadhi to replace Ahmed Muhdhar
Jul 18, 2023 at 04:08 PM
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recently named Athman Abdulhalim Hussein as the new Chief Kadhi of the Republic of Kenya....
Macharia Njeru elected as new Judicial Service Commission Vice-Chairperson
Sep 23, 2022 at 12:16 PM
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has elected Macharia Njeru as Vice-chairperson of JSC....
Defiant Mike Sonko seeks impeachment review at East Africa Court of Justice
Jul 17, 2022 at 11:41 AM
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has vowed to move to the East African Court of Justice to seek the review of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld his impeachment from office....
I did not call for Uhuru Kenyatta impeachment - CJ Martha Koome
Jun 11, 2022 at 10:52 PM
Chief Justice Martha Koome has denounced claims alleging she filed an application calling for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s impeachment over his failure to appoint six of the forty ...
Uhuru Kenyatta orders immediate suspension of Justice Juma Chitembwe
May 19, 2022 at 02:36 PM
President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the immediate suspension of Justice Juma Chitembwe following the recommendation by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)....
Mohammed Ibrahim elected unopposed to replace DCJ Philomena Mwilu at JSC
May 17, 2022 at 05:57 PM
Justice Mohammed Ibrahim was on Tuesday elected as the Supreme Court of Kenya representative to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)....
JSC recommends removal of Justice Said Chitembwe from office over graft claims
May 04, 2022 at 03:05 PM
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has approved the removal of Justice Said Juma Chitembwe from office over allegations levelled against him of gross misconduct....
CJ Koome presides over swearing-in of two EACC Commissioners
Dec 15, 2021 at 10:54 AM
Koome congratulated the two; Rtd. Col. Alfred Mtuweta Mshimba and Dr. Monica Wanjiru following their successful appointments and urged them to discharge their duties with integrity...
JSC summons Nairobi ex-governor Sonko over his 'Rot in Judiciary exposé
Nov 26, 2021 at 02:11 AM
The Judiciary Service Commission has summoned the former governor of Nairobi County, Mike Sonko, to appear before it on December 14, 2021....
Court of Appeal to hear Uhuru's application on appointment of 6 judges
Nov 01, 2021 at 11:22 AM
The Court of Appeal president Daniel Musinga appointed a three-judge bench that will hear all the parties in the case before making a ruling....
Uhuru suspends Justice Mary Gitumbi, forms tribunal to probe mental incapacity petition
Aug 24, 2021 at 12:35 PM
President Uhuru Kenyatta has suspended Justice Mary Muthoni Gitumbi, Judge of the Environment and Land Court....
Reprieve for Justice Muchelule as High Court bars his detention and prosecution
Jul 23, 2021 at 03:02 PM
The High Court has prohibited the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Directorate of Public Prosecution from detaining and Prosecuting Justice Aggrey Muchelule....
Justice Martin Muya takes the battle for his ended job to the Supreme Court
Jul 21, 2021 at 06:53 PM
Justice Martin Muya on Wednesday moved to the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn a decision by special tribunal formed which proposed that he be removed from office....
Ex-CJ David Maraga joins Mutunga in bashing Uhuru over judges appointments
Jun 10, 2021 at 03:26 PM
Former Chief Justice David Maraga has also come out to disapprove of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s decision to reject the names of 6 appointees as judges....
Ex-CJ Willy Mutunga writes scathing letter to Uhuru
Jun 09, 2021 at 03:40 PM
The former Chief Justice, Willy Mutunga has written a letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta asking him to appoint the 6 nominees he recently left out of the judges’ appointment. ...
President Uhuru appoints 34 judges and discards 6 recommended by the JSC
Jun 04, 2021 at 06:35 AM
President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed 34 judges who had merited the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) but rejected 6 of them from the list. ...
Martha Koome inches closer to becoming CJ after JLAC approval
May 19, 2021 at 08:41 AM
The Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) on Wednesday approved the nomination of Lady Justice Martha Koome to be appointed as Kenya’s first female Chief Justice....
William Ouko nominated by JSC for Supreme Court judge post
May 05, 2021 at 02:18 PM
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on Wednesday announced that it had nominated Justice William Ouko to fill the vacant position of judge of the Supreme Court of Kenya....
