Day Judiciary lost one of finest learned friends

Retired Chief Justice Majid Abdul Cockar died at his Nairobi home on the morning of October 31 aged 93. And on the same day in the afternoon, his remains were interred according to his Muslim faith.PHOTO: COURTESY

As the country was about to celebrate its 52nd birthday since independence, one man who rose from a teacher to a Chief Justice breathed his last.

Retired Chief Justice Majid Abdul Cockar died at his Nairobi home on the morning of October 31 aged 93. And on the same day in the afternoon, his remains were interred according to his Muslim faith.