NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 5 – Justice Fatuma Sichale has been sworn in as the Appeal Court representative to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
Sichale was sworn in in a ceremony presided over by Chief Justice Martha Koome at the Supreme Court.
She will be replacing outgoing Justice Mohammed Warsame who completed his second term.
Koome expressed confidence in Sichale’s appointment adding that she will be needed to use her years of expertise in promoting an independent and transparent Judiciary.
The JSC consists of 11 members headed by the CJ, one Supreme Court judge elected by the judges of the Supreme Court and one Court of Appeal judge elected by the judges of the Court of Appeal.
Others are one High Court judge and one magistrate (one a woman and one a man) elected by the members of the association of judges and magistrates, the Attorney General, and one person nominated by the Public Service Commission (PSC)
It also includes one woman and one man, who are not lawyers, who represent the public and are appointed by the President with the approval of the National Assembly.
