Profiles: The 7 Supreme Court judges who decide Presidential Election Petition 2022

Judges of the Supreme Court. [File, Standard]

1. Martha Koome - Chief Justice

• President of the Supreme Court
• Appointed Chief Justice in May 2021
• Admitted to roll of advocates in 1987
• Holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law from the University of Nairobi
• Post-graduate Diploma in Law holder from the Kenya School of Law
• Holds a Master's Degree in Law from the University of London
• Council Member of the Law of Society of Kenya between 1994 and 1996

2. Philomena Mwilu - Deputy Chief Justice

• Over 37 years' experience in the legal profession
• Appointed Deputy Chief Justice in 2016
• Elected by her colleague judges of the Supreme Court as a Commissioner at JSC in May 2017
• Holds a Bachelor and Master of Law degrees from the University of Nairobi

3. Justice Mohammed K. Ibrahim - Supreme Court Judge

• Appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of Kenya in 2011
• Admitted to roll of advocates in 1983
• Elected to LSK Council for a year in 1994
• Chairperson of the Judiciary Committee on Elections in 2021

4. Justice Njoki Ndung'u - Supreme Court Judge

• Holds a Master's Degree in Law (LL.M) in Human Rights and civil liberties and a Diploma in Women's Rights
• Architect of the Sexual Offences Act 2006
• Worked as Programme Officer at the Institute for Education in Democracy and National Protection Officer at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Sat as a member of the Committee of Experts that drafted Kenya's Constitution
• Awarded Kenya's UN Person of the Year in 2006

5. Justice Dr. Smokin Wanjala- Supreme Court Judge

• Appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court in 2011
• Holds Bachelor of Laws (LLB, Hons.) from the University of Nairobi
• Diploma in Law holder from the Kenya School of Law
• Holds a Master of Law (LL.M) Degree from Columbia University, New York
• Doctorate in Law (PhD) holder from the University of Ghent, Belgium
• Lecturer at the University of Nairobi between 1986 and 2004
• Received the Presidential Award of the Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS) [First Class] in 2012

6. Justice Isaac Lenaola - Supreme Court Judge:

• Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court in 2016
• Also served as Presiding Judge of the Constitutional and Human Rights Division at the High Court in Milimani
• Alumni of the University of Nairobi and the Kenya School of Law.
• Joined the judicial service in 2003
• Elected President of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges in 2020

7. Justice William Ouko - Supreme Court Judge:

• Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court in 2021
• Until 2021, he was president of the Court of Appeal
• Joined the Judiciary in 1987
• More than 33 years' experience in legal profession
• Served as joint secretary of the Goldenberg Commission of Inquiry
• Holds a Master of Arts degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice (MACJ)
• Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) holder from the University of Nairobi
• Diploma in Legal Practice from the Kenya School of Law.

Source: Judiciary

Compiled by Amos Mabinda