FIDA sues JSC, Attorney General in row over Supreme Court judges

Deputy chief justice Philomena Mwilu and Chief Justice Martha Koome at the supreme court, Nairobi on 2nd September 2022. [File, Standard]

Supreme Court judges have received backing from the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA), which argues that it is illegal to simultaneously remove more than two judges from office.

The lobby argued in its case filed before the High Court that the Constitution does not anticipate a vacuum at the apex court.