Editor's Review

  • Chief Justice Martha Koome has made changes in the court of Appeal.

Chief Justice Martha Koome has made changes in the court o Appeal, according to a statement by the court's President Justice Daniel Musinga.

In the new reshuffle, Justice Musinga will serve as President at the Court of Appeal Nairobi while Lady Justice Hannah Okwengu will serve as the Head- Civil Division, Nairobi.

Justice Mohamed Warsame is the COA Representative to Judicial Service Commission, Nairobi and Justice Asike Makhandia will be the Head Criminal Division, Nairobi and Justice Kathurima M’Inoti will serve as Director, Judiciary Training Institute, Nairobi.

Lady Justices Roselyn Nambuye, Wanjiru Karanja, Agnes Murgor, Fatuma Sichale, Jamila Mohammed, Hellen Omondi and Justices Imaana Laibuta, Sankale ole Kantai and Msagha Mbogholi will also be based in Nairobi.

Justice Patrick O. Kiage will serve as Presiding Judge in Kisumu where he will be joined by Justice Francis Tuiyott and Lady Justice Mumbi Ngugi.

Justice Gatembu Kairu will be the Presiding Judge in Mombasa and he will be joined by Lady Justices Pauline Nyamweya and Jessie Lesiit in the new reshuffle.

The changes come after the names of 34 judges nominated by the JSC were gazetted by President Uhuru Kenyatta.