Maraga exit leaves Mwilu at the centre of Judiciary’s fight with the Executive

Acting Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu at a past court session in August 2018. [File, Standard]

In the first of our three-part series on the developments in the Judiciary, writer Kwamchetsi Makokha revisits Acting Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu's fight for survival when she was Justice David Maraga's deputy.

Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu’s face was inscrutable on Monday as she stood at the podium in front of the Supreme Court building to bid farewell to the retiring Chief Justice David Maraga.