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Solicitor General Njee Muturi consults with Attorney General Githu Muigai. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]
A 2013 circular by Attorney General Githu Muigai requiring his office to approve all legal notices before publication caused the stand-off over publication of Supreme Court vacancies last week.
In letters obtained by The Standard on Sunday, Chief State Counsel L.M. Murila cited Githu’s circular dated May 20, 2013 in advising Government Printer S.N. Migwi to refuse to publish the Gazette Notice declaring a vacancy in the Office of the Deputy Chief Justice.
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