Monday, January 13, 2025 - Former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi has issued an ultimatum to all six Supreme Court judges regarding Martha Koome's removal as Chief Justice.
In
a statement, Havi reiterated that the deadline he had issued for CJ Koome to
resign was January 14 and urged the other Supreme Court judges to back his
calls for her swift resignation.
Failure
to do so, he vowed that he would also be filing a petition today, calling for
their removal.
“The
deadline I gave for CJ Martha Koome to resign is 14-1-2025 (January 14). The
six other Judges of the Supreme Court can prevail upon her to go,”
part of the statement read.
“If
they do not, all seven will have to go. They have until tomorrow at 9:00 am
thereafter I will present a petition for their removal to the JSC.”
For months, Havi and other senior counsels have persistently called for Koome to step down from office, citing deep-rooted corruption in the Judiciary."
Besides
the supposed corruption, Havi and the others also targeted judges
for missing crucial sittings without prior notice or important
reasons.
On
December 6, 2024, Havi wrote to the Chief Justice complaining about High Court
Judge Lawrence Mugambi for only delivering two rulings of the seven required of
him.
In
his letter, he also blamed the Chief Justice for assigning unofficial duties to
the judges thus having them miss court arbitrarily.
Despite
the onslaught on CJ Koome, however, Havi stated that he had no personal
vendetta against her and only opposed the Judiciary’s adherence to the doctrine
of decisional independence which he believed fostered corruption among judges
and magistrates.
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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