Retired judge Jonathan Havelock to head Tunoi tribunal

Hon. Justice Phillip Tunoi

Jonathan Havelock has been appointed chairman of a tribunal set up to probe Supreme Court judge Philip Tunoi over Sh200 million bribery allegations. Havelock, a retired High Court judge, replaces Sharad Rao, who had earlier been appointed to head the team by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

This latest move once again casts the spotlight on the President and his advisers on legal matters. When the Judicial Service Commission recommended to President Kenyatta to form a tribunal to investigate Justice Tunoi, he was reluctant. His first statement was that there would be no tribunal until an appeal by the judge on his retirement age was determined.