Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has suffered a big blow in his case at the court today. Through his lawyers, they had protested the ability of Deputy Chief Justice to appoint judges when Chief Justice is around. They had requested the bench to rescue itself from the matter and allow Martha Koome to constitute another bench.
Justice Anthony Mrima: It is our finding that the constitutional function of the Chief Justice to assign benches, being an administrative function, can be performed by the Deputy Chief Justice when the Chief Justice, for good reason, is unable to perform.” Read report.
