The High Court in Nairobi will on April 25 decide whether five cases filed by Supreme Court judges against Judicial Service Commission (JSC) over petitions to remove them from office will be sent to the Chief Justice Martha Koome for empanelment of a bench.
After hearing rival arguments on whether the CJ can constitute a bench where she is a party to the case, Justice Lawrence Mugambi on Friday directed that the parties appear before him in the new judiciary calendar for him to rule whether the issues raised are novel, requiring more than one judge to determine.
On one hand, the Kenya Magistrate and Judges Association (KMJA) and Katiba Institute supported the CJ and Justices Smokin Wanjala, Njoki Ndung'u, Isaac Lenaola, and William Ouko's stand on the empanelment.
On the opposing side of the application were JSC, Lawyer Nelson Havi, Christopher Rosana, lawyer Ahmednasir associates, and former Rarieda Member of Parliament Raphael Tuju, his son and daughter, Alma Tuju and Yma Tuju.
