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Retired Air Force officer petitions JSC to oust CJ Koome

Chief Justice Martha Koome during a past event. [File, Standard]

A retired Kenya Air Force officer, Captain (Rtd) Jammies Nyongesa Wafubwa has petitioned the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) seeking the removal of Chief Justice Martha Koome, over alleged incompetence and gross misconduct..

In the petition, Captain Wafubwa accuses the Chief Justice of, among other things, changing the nature of court proceedings from public to private without public participation and allegedly using administrative powers to block or delay his pending appeals.

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