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Law Society of Kenya wants Supreme Court scrapped

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) now wants the Constitution amended to abolish the Supreme Court in a dramatic escalation of the dispute on the retirement age of judges.

The lawyers' agency also vowed to press for the removal of three Supreme Court judges - Mohamed Ibrahim, Jackton Ojwang and Njoki Ndung'u - whom it alleged boycotted work in protest over the directive by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that judges retire at the age of 70. But the judges have denied absconding duty.

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