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Bid to clip President's powers

Okoa Kenya committee of experts chairman Paul Mwangi addressing the press after meeting with the Chief Justice Dr.Willy Mutunga at his office in Nairobi on 15th September 2014.With them are committee members.
 Okoa Kenya committee of experts chairman Paul Mwangi addressing the press after meeting with the Chief Justice Dr.Willy Mutunga at his office.

Kenya: The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) has proposed that the President should be barred from participating in appointing the Chief Justice, his deputy and judges as they stepped up their referendum bid.

CORD proposes to amend the Constitution to remove the powers of the President to appoint the judges and vest the powers exclusively in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) upon approval by Parliament.

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