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| CJ Willy Munyoki Mutunga. |
Public expectations flowed like a fountain when Dr Willy Munyoki Mutunga was appointed Chief Justice two- years-ago.
The former civil rights activist bears the scars of battle in reforming the justice system in Kenya — including a bout of detention, police arrest and exile. He was expected to be the panacea for all the ills that had confronted the Judiciary for decades. A local newspaper columnist wrote that many Kenyans saw Mutunga as “the bastion of a fair and just judicial system”.