Kenya: Court Rejects Baraza Appeal Against Tribunal

27 January 2012

The High Court yesterday rejected an application filed by embattled Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza to appeal against the decision to suspend her and set up a tribunal to investigate her conduct. President Kibaki announced his decision to suspend Justice Baraza on Wednesday evening and also appointed the tribunal to investigate the judge's alleged gross misbehaviour.

Yesterday morning, Justice Baraza filed her application with the High Court in which she sought to stop the publication of the Kenya Gazette announcing her suspension and barring members of the tribunal from executing their mandate. She accused the Judicial Service Commission of acting in breach of the constitution by appointing a sub committee to investigate her. "There is no provision in law that entitles JSC to set up a sub committee to investigate me.Its jurisdiction is strictly limited to judicial officers and staff within which does not include her-the DCJ," she claims in her application.

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