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THE STANDARD NAIROBI For Professor of Law Patricia Kameri Mbote, dealing with academic malpractices is part of her work at the University of Nairobi (UoN) where she teaches law. But yesterday, she was on trial, accused by her colleague, Prof Migai Akech, and three of her former students, who were at one point her research assistants, of academic malpractices. Appearing before the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), she was put to task on why she left Prof Akech out of a concept paper he had authored when she used it to get funds from Ford Foundation. Her response was that she used the Ford Fo...

Mwilu part of interview panel in CJ post race Monday April 12 2021 By BRIAN WASUNA Summary Judiciary Chief Registrar and JSC secretary, Anne Amadi, Sunday confirmed that all nine commissioners will be present for the interview that kicks off today at 9am. Senior counsel and former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Philip Murgor had written to the JSC requesting that Justice Mwilu not be part of the interview panel. Mr Murgor in his letter to the JSC argued that Justice Mwilu and Mr Ngatia have had a previous advocate-client relationship. Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu will sit in th...

THE STANDARD NAIROBI Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu. [George Njunge, Standard] Senior Counsel Philip Murgor wants Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu stopped from sitting in the interviewing panel in the search for a new Chief Justice to replace David Maraga. Mwilu is a member of Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and Murgor is one of the candidates. The latter, in a letter to JSC, claims that there might be bias and favouritism towards another candidate, Senior Counsel Fred Ngatia. Murgor claims that Ngatia had at one time represented Justice Mwilu during her vetting on suitability to ...

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THE STANDARD By Paul Ogemba | April 4th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 With only seven days left before interviews for the next Chief Justice start, opinions continue to be divided over who is the right candidate out of the 10 applicants. Sharp divisions have emerged in the Law Society of Kenya over suitability of three candidates as the Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida-Kenya) came to the defence of two female applicants mentioned as unsuitable for the position. Nancy Ikinu, Fida chair raised concerns over attempts to disparage the women seeking to be CJ and Judge of the Supreme Court, saying ...