Land and Conflict Sensitive Journalism sumaries
Team defends power to vet judges
Daily Nation, pg 5Saturday, 22 Sep 2012
The judges and magistrate vetting board has sought to defend its mandate amid growing displeasure from some of the dismissed judiciary. The board has also sought to put records straight on its powers given by the Act establishing
Full StoryMutunga denies meddling in judges vetting board’s work
Daily Nation pg 5Friday, 21 Sep 2012
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has denied interfering with the operations of the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board. Dr Mutunga’s defence came as the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) insisted it will not back down in its efforts to
Full StorySeven sacked judges still earning salaries
The Star Pg 1 &6Wednesday, 19 Sep 2012
Seven judges are still drawing their salaries despite being dismissed by the Vetting Board in July. The judges are still being paid because their removal has not yet been gazetted by President Kibaki. Their salaries can only
Full StoryHow Blunders at AG’s office delay Delivery of Justice
Standard Pg 12Monday, 17 Sep 2012
As the Attorney General’s office seeks to reform under the new Constitution it is struggling to clean up a host of irregularities that characterized the institution for decades. In 2009, two businessmen Ashok Rupshi Shah and
Full StoryBaraza Appeals against Sacking
Standard Pg 12Wednesday, 12 Sep 2012
Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza has moved to the Supreme Court seeking to quash the verdict by a tribunal that investigated her conduct and recommended among other things her removal from the judiciary. The DCJ who filed the app
Full StoryCJ: Courts won’t be Compromised
Daily Nation, Pg 56Sunday, 09 Sep 2012
Efforts to root out corruption in Kenya’s judiciary and ensure its independence will continue despite the Old Guard’s resistance to reform, Chief Justice Willy Mutunga said in Washington on Friday. Dr Mutunga said that
Full StoryJudiciary Readying for Electoral Disputes
Standard Pg 8Sunday, 09 Sep 2012
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has reassured Kenyans that the Judiciary will continue to affirm its independence even as they prepare to handle likely electoral disputes in next year’s polls. Mutunga said the judiciary is aware
Full StoryCourt declines to issue orders against NCIC commissioners
Starndard Pg 11Friday, 07 Sep 2012
A bid to bar commissioners of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) from carrying on with the commission’s mandate has flopped. The petitioner, through his lawyer Njuguna Ndung’u, is seeking a court d
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