Koome vetting: Will MPs face up to Uhuru on appointment of 40 judges?

Judge Martha Koome at the Supreme Court building on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, when she turned up to be interviewed for the post of Chief Justice. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Parliament will be in sharp focus beginning this week when it gets down to take Chief Justice designate Martha Koome through the final and most critical phase of her journey to heading the Judiciary.

President Uhuru Kenyatta last week surprised the country rather pleasantly when he forwarded Justice Koome’s name to the National Assembly for vetting less than 24 hours after receiving her nomination by the Judicial Service Commission signaling his happiness with the candidate.