Chief Justice Martha Koome has lifted the lid on how she managed to be in the team of the Court of Appeal judges that decided the petition against the IEBC on a public holiday. The 2017 case in which the Appeals court overturned the High Court ruling that found the appointment of IEBC returning officers as illegal featured prominently in Koome’s vetting. Khelef Khalifa, a human rights activist and director of the Muslim for Human Rights (Muhuri), petitioned the National Assembly to reject the appeals judge’s nomination. Khelef held that only courts that had the permission of the Chief Justice were sitting. Koome said the Constitution and the Court of Appeal Organisation Act do not provide for further permission from the Chief Justice once the Appeals court president allocates judges work.

Source: The Star May 21, 2021 06:22 UTC