He has presented papers in numerous local and international seminars and conducted trainings in Law. The number of justices fluctuated in the 18th and 19th centuries until 1869, when it … Tel : +254 02 222 1221, But Kenya is not to have a Kenyan Chief Justice even now. Justice Arthur Dennis Farrel, the second Chief Justice of post independence Kenya, was appointed to the post in an acting capacity in May 1968. The Supreme Court Building was built in 1931 and is the official seat of the Chief Justice, the Chief Registrar and the Supreme Court itself. Akomaye Agim. Taney, Roger Brooke (1836-1864) Chase, Salmon Portland (1864-1873) Waite, Morrison Remick (1874-1888) Fuller, Melville Weston (1888-1910) White, Edward Douglass (1910-1921) Taft, William Howard (1921-1930) Hughes, Charles Evans (1930-1941) Stone, Harlan Fiske (1941-1946) Vinson, Frederick Moore (1946-1953) At independence, Sir John Ainley was the Chief Justice who presided over the swearing in of the founding president, Jomo Kenyatta. He returned home to practice law and in 1964 he was appointed a High Court Judge after the independence of Ghana in 1957. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Sir Wicks who strongly supported the Government, is said to have rewritten a judgment in favor of the Executive. The office is established under Article 163 of the Kenyan Constitution. This is subject to the retirement age of 70 years. He served as the Presiding Judge of the Family Division of the High Court at Nairobi and Resident Judge at the High Court at Nakuru. 34 years, 152 days John Adams: 4th United States Secretary of State (1800–1801) 5 Roger B. Taney (1777–1864) March 15, 1836 (29–15) March 28, 1836 – October 12, 1864 (died) 28 years, 198 days Andrew Jackson: 12th United States Secretary of the Treasury (1833–1834) 6 Salmon P. Chase (1808–1873) December 6, 1864 (acclamation) December 15, 1864 – After qualifying as a lawyer, Chesoni started out at the lands office. The Deputy Chief Justice of Kenya is the deputy to the Chief Justice of Kenya and Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Kenya. The Constitution of Kenya allows a maximum of 22 ministries. The office remained vacant From 1789 to 1866, the official title was Chief Justice of the Supre… Similar African tribunals at the divisional level of each district were established. He later joined the Judiciary as Registrar, succeeding J. Nyarangi. He is a member of the Law Society of Kenya and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London. The list provides the names of the Chief Justices and their years of service. The first Chief Justice of the Kenyan Judiciary, Sir Robert William Hamilton was appointed in 1906. He was the Chief Justice of Ghana between 1977 and 1986. David Maraga best chief justice Kenya has ever had, TUKO.co.ke poll shows ... - TUKO.co.ke conducted a poll that sought to assess Kenyans' perception about the Judiciary under previous chief justices - At least 68.7 % of the respondents agreed the judicial independence significantly improved in the last four years under Maraga Hon. Ainley sentenced Mr Mutua to death on July 15, 1965. Allan Robin Winston Hancox served as the eighth independent Kenya Chief Justice between 1989 and 1993 during the turbulent period of the agitation for multiparty democracy. Justice Miller was the first chairman of the Law Reform Commission. In 1977, he was appointed Chief Justice of Ghana. He joined the Kenyan Judiciary in the early 1980s as a High Court judge and rose to become a Court of Appeal Judge in the late 1980s. This happened when he attained the age of 68, 70, and finally 72, when the Constitution was amended to set the retirement age at 74 years. In Kenya, he served for a year between 1993 and 1994 when he was replaced by Abdul Majid Cockar who then occupied the office until his retirement from the Judiciary in 1997. Hancox was appointed High Court judge in 1969 and later in 1982, joined the Court of Appeal. Hon. The Supreme Court of Kenya sits at the intersection of Taifa Road and City Hall Way in the capital Nairobi. He joined the judicial service as a Resident Magistrate in 1961 rising through the ranks to serve as High Court Judge and Judge of Appeal and later appointed in 1994 as the Chief Justice. Before his appointment to the, Hon. This is constitutional office that has a period of service maximum 10 years. REVEALED: LIST of TOP LAWYERS and Judges Who have applied for positions of CHIEF JUSTICE of Kenya July 7, 2016 Leave a Comment A controversial law professor, a former Speaker of Parliament and six top Judges are among those who have applied to succeed Willy Mutunga as Chief … She practised law in the firms of, Hon. For his loyalty, the law on retirement age was amended three times to retain him until he was 74 years old. He appealed and his case came up before acting CJ Farrell and a Mr Justice Dalton. Justice Gicheru was appointed a Judge of the High Court in 1982 and on June 8, 1988, to the Court of Appeal. Lt. Col. Jacob William Barth (1871-1941) Chief Justice from 1920 to 1934, 3). On February 26, 2003, rather than face a tribunal established by newly elected President Mwai Kibaki to investigate alleged misconduct, Justice Chunga resigned paving way for the appointment of Justice Evans Gicheru. 6. Sir Wicks, a conservative Englishman and a former surveyor before he shifted to law, goes down in history as Kenya’s longest serving CJ and the only one to have served two Heads of State, Presidents Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi. Notes: The acceptance of the appointment and commission by the appointee, as evidenced by the taking of the prescribed oaths, is here implied; otherwise the individual is not carried on this list of the Members of the Court.Examples: Robert Hanson Harrison is not carried, as a letter from President Washington of February 9, 1790 states Harrison declined to serve. In the short period he served, Madan did a lot to restore the reputation of the institution which had until then, often acted at the behest of the Executive. Hancox is well known for the Kenya Appeal Reports referred to as the Hancox Reports, published under his editorship. He served until 1968 when he was replaced by Justice Dennis Farrel in an acting capacity. He or she is assisted by the Deputy Chief Justice who is also the Deputy President of the Supreme Court. Muhammed Arif. Mutunga is the first Chief Justice to be appointed competitively and publicly under the new Constitution, with the mandate of first President of the newly established Supreme Court. List of Chief Justices John Iles Mantell. Farrell was immediately retired after having served for only two months. Born in England, where he attended school, Hancox came to Kenya after being called to the Bar and joined the colonial Judiciary as a resident magistrate in 1957. His work in the pro-democracy movement put him at loggerheads with President Moi’s regime. She has previously work experience as State Counsel in the, Justice Mohammed K. Ibrahim was appointed a judge of the inaugural Supreme Court of Kenya on June 16, 2011 after an open and competitive interview. Bernard Chunga was a surprise appointment as the 12th Chief Justice of the independent Kenya. Abdul Majid Cockar 1994-1997. The Chief Native Commissioner could set up, control and administer the tribunals. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from Exeter University and a Masters degree in law from Oxford University. Chunga previously worked as Deputy Public Prosecutor and was the lead counsel in the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Robert Ouko. The independence Constitution established a Supreme Court with unlimited original criminal and civil jurisdiction over all persons, regardless of racial or ethnic considerations. Kenya paid the British judges what their Kenyan counterparts were paid and Britain then topped that up. Chunga was feared by court personnel, magistrates, and even some judges for his no-nonsense approach to administration. Lady Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu (Deputy Chief Justice), For Complaints: servicedesk@court.go.ke Email: info@judiciary.go.ke. The three branches of the United States federal government are the executive, legislative, and judicial. In 1895, the East Africa Protectorate was established with Consular court to serve British and other foreign persons. They upheld the conviction, but reduced the sentence to six months. The territory was administered via the Imperial British East Africa Company, which carried out all the obligations undertaken by the British Government under any treaty or agreement made with another State. Kenya’s Judiciary was hence based on a tripartite division of subordinate courts; that is, Native courts, Muslim courts and those staffed by administrative officers and magistrates. Cockar who first trained as teacher, enrolled as a Barrister in Law in 1946 and qualified with a Post Graduate Diploma. Years. However a court with jurisdiction over all persons in the territory was first established in 1897 — Her Majesty’s court of East Africa, which was later renamed ‘the High Court of East Africa’. Joseph Wowo. He left the court to work for the World Bank Administrator Tribunal where he served until his appointment as Chief Justice of Kenya in 1993. With the settlement of the British in the East African Protectorate, there arose a need for a legislative and administrative system to govern the inhabitants. He left the court to work for the World Bank Administrator Tribunal where he served until his appointment as Chief Justice of Kenya in 1993. The Kenyan legal system was shaped by English legal system occasioned by the British administration that lasted over six decades where judges and the bar, were exclusively European. During his tenure, the Judiciary became more emasculated by the Executive and the Government removed the security of tenure for judges and that of the Chief Justice. He was replaced by Justice Bernard Chunga who resigned from the office in 2003 paving way for the appointment of Justice Evans Gicheru. It has played host to many high-profile visitors including Hilary Clinton, who visited in 2012 as Secretary of State, and HE Kofi Annan, who has visited several times. Madan is remembered for his brilliance, sound understanding of the law and independence from the Executive. Farrel served for a very short time. The current Chief Justice is Philomena Mbete Mwilu who is holding the office in an acting capacity … Tel : +254 02 222 1221, Sir John Harry Barclay Nihill (1892-1975) Chief Justice from 1946, 5). Justice Abdul Majid Cockar was appointed the 10th Chief Justice of independent Kenya in 1994. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 1978 after 14 years at the High Court. He came to Kenya in 1964 at the invitation of Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta shortly after independence and joined the High Court as the first judge of African origin. Watch the Chief Justice give his speech. Justice Fred Kwasi Apaloo who replaced Hancox, had the distinction of serving as Chief Justice in two different countries. The judges’ names are listed in alphabetical (A-Z order), along with the date of appointment, and the date of departure (if applicable). He revived the publication of written Law Reports in 2002. © 2021 Judiciary of Kenya, Judicial Performance Improvement Project (JPIP), Commercial Justice Sector Reforms Project, Integrated Court Management System Committee, Performance Measurement and Management Steering Committee, SJT Implementation and Monitoring Committee, National Committee on Criminal Justice Reforms, National Council on the Administration of Justice, Registrar of the Employment and Labour Relations Court, Information Communications Technology (DICT), - Judicial Performance Improvement Project (JPIP), - Commercial Justice Sector Reforms Project, - Integrated Court Management System Committee, - Performance Measurement and Management Steering Committee, - SJT Implementation and Monitoring Committee, - National Committee on Criminal Justice Reforms, - National Council on the Administration of Justice, - Office of The Court of Appeal President, - Registrar of the Employment and Labour Relations Court, - Registrar of Environment and Land Court, - Human Resource and Administration (DHRA), - Information Communications Technology (DICT), Hon. He was later to be recognised by the Queen of England with the prestigious honour of Queen’s Counsel. Sir James Wicks then took over office in 1971 and served until January 1982 when he was replaced by Sir Alfred Simpson. The current Deputy Chief Justice is Lady Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu. Mwendwa resigned in 1971 following accusations that he was part of a military plot to overthrow the Government of President Jomo Kenyatta. Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha (1 October 1959-31 January 1964) Justice Sinha was appointed as Sixth Chief Justice Of India from Patna High Court Bench during the tenure of … 2014- 2016. It can be accessed via two gates: the main gate on City Hall Way and the other on Taifa Road, opposite Kenya Re Plaza. The building has three floors and a basement. He taught law at the University of Nairobi, where he was also Secretary-General of the University Staff Union. In 1896, the territory became known as the East African Protectorate. 1). Dr Mutunga obtained a bachelor’s degree in law and master’s degree from the University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, in 1971 and 1974, respectively, and a PhD from York University (Osgoode Hall Law School) in Toronto, Canada in 1992. After Simpson, Mr Justice Chunilal B. Madan who in pre-independence Kenya had come into the limelight for his agitation for independence, was appointed in October 1985 and served for only a year before being replaced by Justice Cecil Henry Ethelwood Miller in 1986. Justice Robin Allan Winston Hancox replaced Miller and occupied the office during the turbulent period of the agitation for multi party democracy. This article needs additional citations for verification. Justice Isaac Lenaola who is an advocate of the High Court, holds a Bachelors of Law Degree from the University of Nairobi. Until then, Justice Ibrahim had been a High Court Judge since his appointment on May 22, 2003, serving in Eldoret, Nairobi and Mombasa. He is best remembered for saving Stanley Munga Githunguri, a politician, when he prohibited the Attorney General from prosecuting him. Lady Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu is an advocate of the High Court with over 32 years experience in the legal profession. Early in his career, he worked as a Senior State Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General and as an administrative officer in the Office of the President. He also served as the Chairman of the Rift Valley Law Society and as a member of the Constitutional Review Task Force of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, East African Union. To his credit, he is the only former CJ who has published his memoirs, “Doing, non-Doings and Mis-Doings by Kenya Chief Justices, 1963-1998.” Cockar served on the bench for over 35 years, before retiring in 1997 as a Chief Justice. Justice Gicheru secured national admiration in 1991 when he chaired the judicial commission of inquiry into the disappearance and death of the then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Robert Ouko. Justice Walter S. N. Onnoghen GCON. Taney served as Chief Justice for twenty-eight years, the second longest tenure of any Chief Justice, and died on October 12, 1864, at the age of eighty-seven. The best news website in kenya and africa ... kenyan chief justices KENYAN CHIEF JUSTICES. Other gates for special access exist. He served for only 13 months before reaching the mandatory retirement age. He was promoted to CJ in 1999. He was Chief Justice Of India for over three years and retired on September 30, 1959. Prior to his appointment as CJ, Justice Maraga was the Presiding Judge of the Court Of Appeal at Kisumu and the Chairperson of the Judiciary Committee on Elections. They were accorded official recognition in 1907, when the Native Courts Ordinance was promulgated. Justice (Prof.) Jackton B. Ojwang was appointed, on 16th June, 2011 to the inaugural Bench of the Supreme Court of Kenya. Appeals lay from subordinate courts to the Supreme Court. Judge William Ouko, is among the candidates seeking the Chief Justice position. Justice Gicheru served until the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2010 when Dr Willy Mutunga was appointed in an unprecedented public recruitment exercise. Madan is arguably both the best judge to ever sit on the Kenyan Judiciary and also the best CJ to ever head it after his predecessors. During his leadership at the Judiciary, it is said that the Executive did not lose any critical case and judges were known to consult with the Government whenever the Executive had an interest in a case. Joseph Wiseham. First, he served in Ghana between 1977 and 1986 and later in Kenya in 1993. The head of the system was the Chief Justice while the administrative duties were carried out by the Registrar of the Supreme Court. Kenya’s Chief Justice David Maraga has won international respect for the brave decision made by himself and other members of the Supreme Court in setting aside the result of the August 2017 elections. He is widely published and until his appointment as the CJ, Dr Mutunga was the representative for the Ford Foundation, Eastern Africa Regional in Nairobi. Justice Zachaeus Richard Chesoni, previously the Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK), took over office and served until his untimely demise in 1999. Before joining the Judiciary, Justice Maraga was a legal practitioner for 25 years in conveyancing, civil and criminal litigation. Sir Robert William Hamilton (1867- 1944) Chief Justice from 1906 to 1920, 2). Washington In response to the retirement of Kenyan Chief Justice Willy Mutunga on June 16, Freedom House issued the following statement: “Freedom House commends Willy Mutunga for his exemplary leadership during his tenure as Kenya’s Chief Justice, as he demonstrated the importance of rule of law and a genuinely independent judiciary,” said Vukasin Petrovic, director for Africa programs. The Chief Justice of Kenya is the head of the Judiciary of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya and is an office established under Article 161 of the Kenyan Constitution. When Kenya became a Republic in 1964, the Supreme Court was renamed the High Court. The first court in British East Africa was established by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1890 with A.C.W Jenner as its first judge. Hon. Sir Joseph Sheridan (1882-1964) Chief Justice from 1934 to 1946, 4). The colonial authorities empowered village elders, headmen and chiefs to settle disputes as they had done in the pre-colonial period. He served in various legal firms and as a Commissioner both at the Peoples Commission of Kenya and at the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission. Emmanuel Fagbenle. The first African of Kenyan origin to occupy the office of the Chief Justice was the late Mr Justice Kitili Mwendwa who was appointed in July 1968 and served until July 1971.
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