CJ Martha Koome appoints judges to hear land case after seven-year wait

Lawyer Gibson Kamau Kuria (right) addresses members of Ildamat clan after a three-judge bench appointed by CJ Martha Koome held its first sitting on the case. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]

Chief Justice Martha Koome has appointed a three-judge bench to hear a Ntulele Group Ranch case over a 56,000-acre ranch. The case by 7,000 members of the group ranch in Narok East Constituency has dragged in court for more than seven years.

Justices Charles Mbogo, Emmanuel Washe and Gicheru Nduiga will preside over the case after a bench that was appointed by former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga on December 18, 2012, could not proceed with the matter.