Judiciary and MPs clash over key appointments

Chief Justice Martha Koome follows proceedings when the Court of appeal President David Musinga took his oath of office at the Supreme Court grounds on Friday, June 11, 2021. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Key appointments in the Judiciary could be at the heart of a standoff between Parliament and Chief Justice Martha Koome.

Justice Koome’s recent protest letter to MPs was triggered by National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee summons to the Human Resources Committee of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) over failure to appoint officers substantively.