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Justice Evans Gicheru: Man who swore in Kibaki at dusk in 2007

The late former Chief Justice Evan Gicheru [File, Standard]

Johnson Evan Gicheru was a distinguished lawyer and the 12th Chief Justice of Kenya. He was appointed to the position in 2003 and retired in February 2011 following the promulgation of the new Constitution. Gicheru made history as Kenya's longest-serving Chief Justice.

One of the most controversial moments of Gicheru's tenure occurred in 2007 when he swore in the late President Mwai Kibaki at dusk after a highly disputed presidential election.

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