Matemu's case resumes despite resignation

Mumo Matemu at the Public Service Commission in Nairobi on the 8th of November,2011 where he was interviewed for the position of the chair of the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission. [PHOTO:EVANS HABIL/STANDARD]

Despite the resignation of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Chairman Mumo Matemu, the Supreme Court will tomorrow proceed to hear a petition challenging his appointment to the post.

The petition, filed by Trusted Society of Human Rights Alliance, will be heard by the seven judges of the Supreme Court. But the case is viewed by legal analysts as a chance for the Supreme Court to interpret Chapter Six of the Constitution and pronounce the test of integrity threshold required for one to hold a public office.