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You’re in safe hands, incoming Chief Justice Koome assures Kenyans

Judge Martha Koome during interviews for the position of Chief Justice at the Supreme court buildings on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Immediately the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) announced that Martha Koome was the nominee Chief Justice, her world changed from that of a Court of Appeal judge.

Her phone was busy, engaged with numerous calls such that reaching her took a while. She was yet to process that she had earned a title - Madam Chief Justice - a first for Kenya.

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