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Justice Dr. Smokin Wanjala

  [caption id="attachment_27696" align="alignleft" width="326"] Hon. Justice (Dr.) Smokin Wanjala, CBS, SCJ[/caption] Hon. Justice (Dr.) Smokin Wanjala, CBS, SCJ Justice Wanjala is a Judge of the Supreme Court of Kenya having been appointed in 2011.  Between 2011 and 2016, he was a member of the Judicial Service Commission (representing the Supreme Court) and Chairperson of the Commission’s Human Resources and Administration Committee.  The Hon. Judge was appointed as the Judiciary Representative to the Council of Legal Education in 2019. He is the current Director, Kenya Judiciary Academy (KJA). Justice Wanjala is a holder of a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B, Hons.) from the University...

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Justice Mohammed K. Ibrahim

[caption id="attachment_27699" align="alignleft" width="325"] Hon. Justice Mohammed Ibrahim, CBS, SCJ[/caption] Hon. Justice Mohammed Ibrahim, CBS, SCJ Hon. Mr. Justice Mohammed Ibrahim was appointed a Judge of the inaugural Supreme Court of Kenya on 16th June, 2011 after an open and competitive interview. He is the Chairperson of the Judiciary Committee on Elections having been appointed on 16th August 2021 by the Chief Justice. Justice Ibrahim was elected on 17th May 2022 to represent the Supreme Court as a member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). He studied law at the University of Nairobi before entering private practice. He joined the firm of Messrs Waruhiu &...

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Hon. Lady Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu, EGH

[caption id="attachment_27479" align="alignleft" width="377"] Hon. Lady Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu, EGH[/caption] The Hon. Lady Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu, EGH, The Hon. Lady Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu, was appointed on 28th October 2016 as the 3rd Deputy Chief Justice and Vice President of the Supreme Court of Kenya. The Hon. Lady Justice P. M. Mwilu is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with over 37 years of experience in the legal profession and holds both Bachelor and Master of Laws degrees from the University of Nairobi. She was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya in 1984. She...

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Hon. Justice Martha Koome, EGH

[caption id="attachment_27476" align="alignleft" width="311"] The Hon. Chief Justice Martha K. Koome, EGH[/caption] The Hon. Chief Justice Martha K. Koome, EGH The Hon. Chief Justice Martha K. Koome, assumed office on 21st May, 2021 as the Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya. She is the 15th Chief Justice since independence and the third since establishment of the Supreme Court. She is the first woman to hold this office Prior to her appointment as the 15th Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya, she was a Senior Judge of the Court of Appeal. During the stint as an Appellate Judge, she...

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Somali Judges visit JTI

Somali judges, prosecutors, court officials and defense lawyers visited the Judiciary Training Institute to benchmark on training at the facility. The team was in the country to conduct a Mock Trial aimed at growing the capacity of Somali criminal justice practitioners to conduct efficient trials in respect of international standards trials. The team toured JTI to learn about how the institution was established and how conducts its trainings. The visit was supported by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).   Somali Judges and other guests are joined by JTI’s Deputy Director Dr. Freda Githiru and Hon. Becky Cheloti when the team visited the...

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JTI excels in the 2016/17 performance evaluation

The Judiciary Training Institute has continued to deliver its services in line with its mandate. The institution is responsible for meeting the training, research and capacity development needs of Judiciary employees through various training programs, seminars, public lectures, research, and other forms of discourses. During the 2016/17 Performance Management and Measurement Understandings Evaluation (PMMU), JTI achieved an overall performance grade of very good. It scored 100 per cent on core mandate, financial and innovation and learning perspectives. The training institution was among Semi-Autonomous Judiciary Agencies that signed for the 2016/17 PMMU. Other agencies evaluated during the year were: National Council for Law Reporting...

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