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Less than 48 hours after Masengeli was sentenced the security detail and driver of Lawrence Mugambi the High Court Judge presiding over the case were ordered to be withdrawn a move which Chief Justice Martha Koome described as ‘direct assault on judicial independence'...
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Hitting back in the strongest terms Chief Justice Martha Koome accused the Ruto government of trying to undermine judicial independence...
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Increases to the top rate of income tax from 30% to 35% and a doubling of VAT on fuel are now in force but the compulsory deduction of 3% of every employee's monthly wages towards a National Housing Development Fund has been stayed after the Supreme Court decided that Chief Justice Martha Koome should hear the case in full (AC 7/6/23 Ruto's housing levy is triggering mass dissent)...
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Chief Justice Martha Koome's summing up statement pointed to the failure of the four dissenting commissioners led by deputy IEBC chair Juliana Cherera to provide substantive evidence and explanations why they were party to the verification and vote tallying process until moments before the official announcement by Chebukati...
The judicial panel which has 14 days to rule on the petition will be chaired by Kenya's Chief Justice Martha Koome the first woman to preside over the top court...
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Chief Justice Martha Koome said that he had distinguished himself as a lawyer and a pioneer for the Black Bar...
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