Maraga, Mwilu accused of derailing hiring of new CJ
Chief Justice David Maraga (right) with Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu and Court of Appeal President William Ouko during the Annual Judges Colloquium in Mombasa on August 20, 2018.
Mr Njeru said the deliberations went on for more than three hours without the commission reaching a resolution, after which the CJ asked the meeting be adjourned to October 16.
According to the commissioner, the JSC, on September 16, appointed a committee led by the vice chair Mercy Deche and comprising Justice Warsame, High Court judges David Majanja and Elizabeth Ominde and himself to come up with a roadmap for the recruitment of the CJ and transitional arrangements.
The Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) is headed for a major fallout after one of its members accused Chief Justice David Maraga and his deputy Philomena Mwilu of sabotaging the recruitment of the next CJ.
In an 835-word statement, one of the representatives of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) Macharia Njeru detailed how Mr Maraga, in particular, has frustrated the plan to start the recruitment of his successor, about four months before the Chief Justice is due to retire.
