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May
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Kenya set to appoint first female chief justice at sensitive moment

Kenya set to appoint first female chief justice at sensitive moment

NEWS
DUNCAN MIRIRI KENYAN judge Martha Koome has defended dissidents and helped to write women's rights into the constitution - now she's on track to be the first female chief justice in a country where the role is particularly sensitive. A child of subsistence farmers, she was chosen by a judicial panel over the lawyer who argued President Uhuru Kenyatta's case in a 2017 battle with the Supreme Court that she will now head. Kenyatta endorsed her and his legislative majority means she is set to be confirmed by the end of this month. That makes her likely to be in…
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May
06
2021
By The African Mirror
First female chief justice for South Africa

First female chief justice for South Africa

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa has its first female chief justice, albeit on a temporary basis. And the career of the man she is standing for may be coming to an ignoble end. Constitutional Court Judge Sisi Khampepe has been named as the acting-Chief Justice after Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng went on a long leave. The reasons for Mogoeng’s long leave and the period have not been made public, raising suspicion that this may be the end of his career. His term of office ends in October. Khampepe was appointed to the highest judicial office in SA because the automatic…
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