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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>With the swearing-in of 20 new High Court judges on Wednesday, the spotlight has been turned onto Chief Justice Martha Koome in regards to justice delivery.<\/p>\n

The Judiciary had been riddled with a backlog of cases due to understaffing amidst claims of corruption.<\/p>\n

Senior counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi says the CJ now has no excuse why justice cannot be dispensed expeditiously.<\/p>\n

“Twenty new judges is a massive number. Koome must now share with Kenyans how she will deliver to Kenyans corruption-free justice, expeditiously, efficiently and clear the backlog. We must hold her to verifiable deliverables,” Abdullahi said.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, President William Ruto appointed the 20 High Court judges who were nominated by the Judicial Service Commission last week.<\/p>\n

The President presided over their swearing-in on Wednesday at State House, Nairobi with a plea for them to serve Kenyans with integrity.<\/p>\n

Ruto said the judiciary is expected to be dignified and respected to promote the values of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not doubt that you have what it takes to do, discharge and live up to your oath of office,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The judges bring to 60, the number of new judges that have been sworn-in since June last year.<\/p>\n

On June 4, 2021, former President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed 34 new judges out of the 40 that had been appointed by the JSC.<\/p>\n

He rejected the nomination of six other appellate judges citing lack of integrity on their part.<\/p>\n

However, hours after taking the oath of office on September 13, Ruto appointed the judges and presided over their oath-taking ceremony the following day at State House.<\/p>\n

They are Weldon Korir, Aggrey Muchelule, George Odunga and Joel Ngugi of Court of Appeal and Evans Makori and Elizabeth Omange of the Environment and Land court.<\/p>\n

Uhuru left office without revealing exactly what integrity issues the intelligence service had unearthed about the judges.<\/p>\n

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