Judicial service agency says new CJ will be in office by October

The Outgoing Chief Justice Willy Mutunga confirms replacement of his car number plate carried by Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi shortly before leaving the office. The Judicial Service Commission yesterday said the next Chief Justice will be in office on or before October this year. (PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO./ STANDARD)

The Judicial Service Commission yesterday said the next Chief Justice will be in office on or before October this year.

In separate interviews with The Standard, the vice-chairperson of the JSC, Prof Margaret Kobia, and the JSC Secretary Anne Amadi, said the commission's decision to advertise for the vacancies of the Chief Justice, the Deputy Chief Justice and for a Supreme Court judge had set in motion a recruitment process that will take at least four months.