Kenya gets 28 new high court judges
Among those who have been appointed is Mrs Lydia Achode who until Monday was the high court registrar. Kenya's new Constitution created a new position for chief registrar to administer the whole court system. (READ: Shollei gets top courts job)
Also named to the list of new judges are a 38-year-old Washington State University lecturer Ngugi Mwaura, and a lawyer in private practice David Machanja Shikomera who once served as an assisting counsel in the Waki commission which probed the post-election violence.
The appointments were made by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), which is chaired by the Chief Justice Willy Mutunga.
The full list of appointed high court judges:
Lydia Achode - High Court registrar
Pauline Nyamweya - University of Nairobi law lecturer
Ngugi Mwaura - Washington State University lecturer
Havelock Jonathan Bowen - a former partner at prominent Nairobi law firm Kaplan and Straton Advocates
Odunga Vincent - an author of a widely used book on civil procedure, Digest on Civil Case Law and Procedure.
Celicia Githua - Magistrate, Kibera Law Courts
Grace Nzioka - Magistrate, Kibera Law Courts
Christine Meoli - Chief Magistrate, Kiambu
Ong'undi Imbosa - Magistrate, Kericho
Stella Muketi - Magistrate, Nyeri
Rose Ougo - Magistrate
Beatrice Jaden Thuranira - Magistrate
Korir Roseline Cherotich - Magistrate
Korir Kipyegon - Magistrate
Stella Ngali Mutuku - Registrar at East Africa Court of Justice
Mumbi Ngugi - Advocate living with albinism
Kimondo Kanyi - Once taught law at the University of Nairobi
David Machanja Shikomera - Once served as an assisting counsel in the Waki Commission that investigated the 2007/2008 post-election violence
Richard Mururu - Formerly of the Public Procurement Review Board
Joseph Mutava - Central Bank’s legal department
Chemitei Kiplagat - Advocate, Eldoret
Abigail Mshila - State Counsel, Attorney-General's Chambers
Makau Aaron
Francis Tuiyot - Advocate, Eldoret
Roseline Lagat
James Wakiaga
Ogola Erick Okumu - Advocate, Mombasa
Alfred Mabeya
