A High Court in Narok has issued a stay order stopping the implementation of the decision by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that required the seven Supreme Court Judges to respond to a petition seeking their removal.
Justice Charles Kariuki, in a ruling dated February 18, halted further proceedings against Chief Justice Martha Koome alongside six other judges pending the hearing and determination of the petitions.
The conservatory orders followed an application filed by the judges seeking to stop JSC which sought to compel CJ Koome and the other six Supreme Court judges to respond to petitions filed against them over alleged gross misconduct. "The grant of leave herein is to operate as a stay to stop the implementation of the decision by the respondent requiring the seven judges to submit responses in respect of any other petition whatsoever," the High Court ruled. "Further to stop any such further proceedings against the said Seven Judges of the Supreme Court of Kenya pending the hearing and determination of the Substantive Judicial Review proceedings to be filed following the grant of leave herein." More to Follow....
