David Maraga will be sworn in on Wednesday
as Chief Justice succeeding Willy Mutunga, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said.
Uhuru announced this during the accountability summit
at State House in Nairobi on Tuesday.
Today is the second-last day for the
of Maraga’s nomination by the National Assembly.
MPs are scheduled to hold a special sitting from 6.45pm to
adopt
the report on his vetting.
The judge
was vetted by a key House committee on the backdrop of .
The public vetting by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee was the final hurdle between the 66-year old and the coveted job, after grueling interviews by the JSC.
Maraga, a staunch Christian with strong Seventh Day Adventist Church beliefs, was nominated by the Judicial Service Commission
on September 22.
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