CJ Koome Opposes A case Challenging President Kenyatta`s Appointment of Judges
Kenya`s Chief Justice Martha Koome opposed a case challenging President Kenyatta's refusal to appoint six judges on Friday 22nd October.
Christine Juma 
According to CJ Koome in her stand of opposition to the court, she argued that the case filed by Katiba Institute on 21st October is bad in law, fatally defective, and an abuse of the court process.
This comes barely a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta was ordered by the Kenyan High Court on Thursday 21st to appoint the six justices he had rejected earlier on June 3rd, 2021.
According to the high court, it declared that the President’s power had long expired for refusing to appoint the six who had been vetted and recommended by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
The judges who were rejected and are yet to be appointed to the Court of Appeal. are as follows: Justices Aggrey Muchelule, George Odunga, Weldon Korir, and Prof Joel Ngugi.
The justices contended that the President's failure to designate them violated the constitution in a judgment read by a three-judge bench on Thursday, October 21.
Justice James Wakiaga, George Nduru, and William Musyoka all agreed that Uhuru should have made the selections without any changes or additions.
The president had earlier appointed 34 of the Judicial Service Commission's (JSC) nominees but left out High Court Judges Joel Ngugi, George Odunga, Aggrey Muchelule, and Weldon Korir, as well as High Court Registrar Judith Omange and Chief Magistrate Evans Makori.
The appointment of Justices Ngugi, Odunga, Muchelule, and Korir to the Court of Appeal was recommended, while Omange and Makori were nominated to the Environment and Lands Court.
