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Why seat in JSC turned into battle for law society’s soul

IEBC officials during the tallying of votes in the Law Society of Kenya elections for JSC representative at the Kitui Law Courts on Thursday. [Paul Mutua, Standard]

Cutthroat campaigns, high voltage court battles and dirty scheming that ensued before Thursday’s Law Society of Kenya elections have betrayed the underlying clamour for control of the Judiciary.

By the time Macharia Njeru was declared the society’s representative at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) after trouncing his rival Tom Ojienda, every trick in the book had been tried and tested as both sides sought to bring each other down.

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