{"id":5287,"date":"2021-04-27T23:32:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T20:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinvolvement.wordpress.com\/?p=3050"},"modified":"2021-04-27T23:32:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T20:32:53","slug":"jsc-nominates-martha-koome-as-next-chief-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/2021\/04\/27\/jsc-nominates-martha-koome-as-next-chief-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"JSC nominates Martha Koome as next Chief Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;by Daniel Nyaga<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:danielnyaga.dn@gmail.com\"><strong>danielnyaga.dn@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theinvolvement.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/04\/justice-martha-koome-during-her-interview-for-the-position-of-chief-justice-on-april-14-2021.-photo-jeff-angote-nmg-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3053\" \/><figcaption>Justice Martha Koome during her interview for the position of Chief Justice on April 14, 2021. PHOTO, JEFF ANGOTE, NMG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has unanimously nominated Justice Martha Koome for the position of Chief Justice. Koome\u2019s name was forwarded to President Uhuru Kenyatta for appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement released today, the JSC said that the decision came after \u201clengthy deliberations\u201d and \u201ccareful consideration\u201d of the performance of various candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;\u2026the JSC has unanimously recommended the appointment of Hon Koome Martha Karabu as the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya and has submitted her name to the President for appointment.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justice Koome appeared before a ten-member panel consisting of Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, Justice Mohamed Warsame, Justice David Majanja, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She cited her wealth of experience locally, regionally, and internationally to solve Kenyan courts&#8217; problems and boasts 33 years of an illustrious career in private and public service.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In pursuit of this position, Justice Martha faced competition from Said Juma Chitembwe, Prof. Patricia Mbote, Philip Murgor, Lawyer Fredrick Ngatia, Justice Marete Njagi, Justice Matthews Nduma Nderi, Justice William Ouko, Prof. Moni Wekesa and Ms. Alice Yano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If appointed, Justice Koome will be Kenya\u2019s first female Chief Justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;by Daniel Nyaga (danielnyaga.dn@gmail.com) The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has unanimously nominated Justice Martha Koome for the position of Chief Justice. Koome\u2019s name was forwarded to President Uhuru Kenyatta for appointment. In a statement released today, the JSC said that the decision came after \u201clengthy deliberations\u201d and \u201ccareful consideration\u201d of the performance of various candidates. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}