Chief Justice Martha Koome. /JUDICIARYChief Justice Martha Koome is in the prevailing moment finding herself in the middle of a political storm following an appellate court’s verdict that a panel of judges her deputy empaneled to hear a case challenging the swearing-in of Kithure Kindiki as Deputy President was illegally constituted.
The Court of Appeal ruled that Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu did not have the power to constitute the bench that heard and determined petitions against the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua as Deputy President.
