Chief Justice Martha Koome said the petition filed by Katiba Institute was bad in law and was an abuse of the court processKatiba Institute's petition was challenging President Uhuru Kenyatta's decision to drop the six judges initially recommended by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)Uhuru had said his decision was on the integrity issues around the said judgesPAY ATTENTION: Help us change more lives, join TUKO.co.ke’s Patreon programme
In what seems to be a shift from the initial hardline stand, Chief Justice Martha Kooome, alongside the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), has asked the High Court to throw out the petition filed by the Katiba Institute regarding the rejection of six judges initially recommended by the JSC. Read More...
Historical Context The original Euston railway Station was London's first mainline station and the first station to connect London with another city. Planned by George and Robert Stephenson, it was designed by Philip Hardwick and opened in 1837. When the station was first proposed its land was still farmland but it quickly became one of London's busiest stations. It was controversially redeveloped in the 1960s and its original entrance portico, the Doric Euston Arch, dismantled. Read More...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and state governors on Thursday, July 23, met at the Aso Rock villa to hold a closed-door meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC).
According to The Nation, the meeting started around 11.am. The agenda is likely the committee report on incomes and spending from the Excess Crude Account and the NNPC account from 2012 till the end of the immediate past administration. Another possible point of discussion could be the option of bailout for states owing workers' salaries. Read More...
