Just before David Maraga was appointed Chief Justice in 2016, I stumbled upon an interview he gave to Hope Channel Kenya, an SDA-run media outlet.
Until then, I considered him an unlikely choice among the candidates, who included notable legal figures like Makau Mutua and Jackton Boma Ojwang.
However, that interview changed my mind.
When asked why he felt he was the most deserving candidate, Maraga quoted Deuteronomy 28:13: "If you listen to these commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom." In short, Maraga, an ardent Christian and church elder, was claiming God's promise.
