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Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Kenya has had more than 10 Chief Justices from independence, starting with John Ainley who convicted Kisilu Mutua for the assassination of Pio Gama Pinto, a Kenyan journalist, politician and freedom fighter.<\/p>\n

His successor Justice Arthur Dennis Farrel who took over in 1968, was the shortest-serving Chief Justice in the history of the office.<\/p>\n

According to Judiciary records, Justice Farrel only served for two months and was removed after a controversial ruling in a case involving former minister and freedom fighter Bildad Kaggia.<\/p>\n

He had been convicted of holding a political meeting without a license and sentenced to one-year imprisonment.<\/p>\n

When Kaggia appealed the sentence, his case came up before Justice Farrell and Justice Dalton. They both upheld the conviction but reduced the sentence to six months.<\/p>\n

However, Farrell was immediately retired after having served for only two months and was replaced by the first Kenyan native Chief Justice Kitili Mwendwa.<\/p>\n

Other noteworthy Chief Justices include Justice Fred Kwasi Apaloo and Justice Cecil Henry Ethelwood Miller.<\/p>\n

Miller who became the second black CJ was a fighter jet pilot with the British Royal Airforce as well as a commonwealth welfare officer prior to his appointment. His son, Cecil Miller Junior, is one of the prominent lawyers in Nairobi.<\/p>\n

At the time of his death, he had been awarded two presidential honours; Elder of the Burning Spear and Elder of the Golder Heart.<\/p>\n

Justice Fred Kwasi made history by serving as a Chief Justice in both Kenya and Ghana.<\/p>\n

He first served as Ghana\u2019s CJ having been appointed in 1977 where he made his mark as unshakably independent and never hesitated from judgments that went against the country’s government.<\/p>\n

The Ghanian joined the Kenyan Judiciary in the late 1980s as a High Court judge and rose to become a Court of Appeal Judge in 1989.<\/p>\n

In 1993, Kenya found itself with a vacancy for Chief Justice and no obvious candidate to fill it, Apaloo was appointed to the post, which he did with success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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