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THE STANDARD NATIONAL Court of Appeal President Daniel Musinga began his stance with a warning shot to all counsels and parties involved in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) appeal case. He, on Wednesday, June 2, during the Court of Appeal case management conference, advised against indignity and prosecuting the BBI case in the media, while asking the involved parties to allow the court to make a fair and properly informed decision without causing unnecessary tension.  “Let us be civil, ...

BBI appeal hearing set for June 29 to July 2; appellants given seven days each to file written submissions.

POLITICS Two by-elections that are to be conducted next week may not happen following yesterdays High Court’s verdict that Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has no quorum. While pleading with the High Court judges to suspend their finding on the IEBC’s quorum for at least 14 days, IEBC lawyer Eric Gumbo argued that the electoral agency was handicapped and that the by-elections in Bonchari and Juja constituencies may not happen next week. “On behalf of the IEBC, we hav...

THE STANDARD NATIONAL Lady Justice Roselyn Nambuye of the Court of Appeal. [George Njunge, Standard] The search for Kenya’s next Chief Justice and Supreme Court judge is now unimpeded after the Court of Appeal overturned a lower court’s ruling which stopped the exercise last week. The Appellate Court said Tuesday that the High Court erroneously issued the order stopping the process without determining whether it had jurisdiction to hear the matter. Justices Roselyn Nambuye, Patrick Kiage a...

THE STANDARD NATIONAL Lawyers Anita Masaki, Danstan Omar, Shadrack Wambui and Litty Kathurima for defendant Memba Ocharo attend the appeal case hearing virtually yesterday. [Collins Kweyu, Standard] The fate of 10 candidates seeking to be Chief Justice will be known today as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) puts up a brave fight to have orders that stopped it from concluding the process lifted. The commission, in its submission before the Court of Appeal, argued that the order issued by H...