Chief Justice of Kenya
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Chief Justice of Kenya is the head of the Judiciary of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya and is an office established under Article 163 of the Kenyan Constitution. The Chief Justice is appointed by the country's President on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission subject to the approval of the National Assembly. He or she is assisted by the Deputy Chief Justice who is also the Deputy President of the Supreme Court.[1]
The current Chief Justice is Willy Munyoki Mutunga, who was appointed in 2011.
Contents
List of Chief Justices
Source: [2]
East Africa Protectorate
№ | Name | Term start | Term end | Governor |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sir Robert Hamilton | 1906 | 1920 | Sadler |
Colony and Protectorate of Kenya
№ | Name | Term start | Term end | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lt. Col. Jacob William Barth | 1920 | 1934 | |
2 | Sir Joseph Sheridan | 1934 | 1946 | |
3 | Sir John Harry Barclay Nihill | 1947 | ?1951 | |
Paget John Bourke | 1951 | 1951 | (acting) | |
4 | Sir Horace Hector Hearne | 1951 | 1954 | |
5 | Sir Kenneth Kennedy O’Connor | 1954 | 1957 | |
6 | Sir Ronald Ormiston Sinclair | 1957 | 1962 | |
7 | Sir John Ainley | 1963 | 1963 |
Republic of Kenya
№ | Name | Term start | Term end | President |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sir John Ainley | 1963 | 1968 | - |
- | Arthur Denis Farrell | 1968 | 1968 | - |
2 | Kitili Mwendwa | 1968 | 1971 | Kenyatta |
3 | Sir James Wicks | 1971 | 1982 | Kenyatta |
4 | Sir Alfred Simpson | 1982 | 1985 | Moi |
5 | Chunilal Madan | 1985 | 1986 | Moi |
6 | Cecil Miller | 1986 | 1989 | Moi |
7 | Allan Hancox | 1989 | 1993 | Moi |
8 | Fred Apaloo | 1993 | 1994 | Moi |
9 | Abdul Majid Cockar | 1994 | 1997 | Moi |
10 | Zachaeus Chesoni | 1997 | 1999 | Moi |
11 | Bernard Chunga | 1999 | 2003 | Moi |
12 | Johnson Gicheru | 2003 | 2007 | Kibaki |
13 | Willy Mutunga | 2011 | Present | Kibaki |
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.judiciary.go.ke/portal/the-supreme-court.html
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