Uhuru Asked to Fire the 6 Judges He Rejected

Last Week, President Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed the appointment of 34 judges, leaving out six on grounds that they have a questionable record.

The 34 were sworn in at State House, Nairobi in the presence of Chief Justice Martha Koome and presided over by the Head of State.

Today, June 8, 2021, a Muslim lobby led by Chairman of the Kenya National Muslims Advisory Council, Sheikh Juma Ngao, backed President Kenyatta's decision to reject the six judges.

They alleged that the president is the leader of the country, and the executive is superior to the Judiciary and parliament, calling upon Kenyans to respect his decision.

"President Kenyatta is the Head of State and the Executive. If JSC is superior to the Executive, and Parliament, then what is the essence of spending billions on elections," Sheikh Ngao posed.

"Mr. President you a very right. If your intelligence adviced you that the six judges have a questionable record, fire them," he said.

Some of the judges left out include; Joel Ngugi, George Odunga, Weldon Korir and Aggrey Muchelule all of whom were recommended for appointment to the Appellate Court.

Justices Ngugi and Odunga were on the bench of five judges that declared the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) as unconstitutional.

The move by President Kenyatta has since elicited mixed reactions from members of the public, with a section of the country's top legal minds castigating the decision.

CJ Koome has since written to the Head of State asking him to appoint the remaining judges.

"We call upon H.E the President to similarly appoint the remaining 6 judges because the judiciary is still in dire need as the backlog of cases is increasing. We should find a lasting solution so that moving forward, this kind of delay and misunderstanding will be a thing of the past," her letter to the president read in part.