Chief Justice of Kenya

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The Chief Justice of Kenya is the head of the Kenyan judiciary and Supreme Court, responsible for overseeing the administration of justice and serving as the country’s top judicial authority.

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Label	Occurrences
Chief Justice of Kenya canonical	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chief justice ⓘ judicial office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appointedBy	President of Kenya ⓘ
chairs	Judicial Service Commission ⓘ surface form: Judicial Service Commission of Kenya
confirmedBy	National Assembly of Kenya ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Kenya ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Kenya 2010
country	Kenya ⓘ
createdBy	Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
deputy	Deputy Chief Justice of Kenya ⓘ
firstFemaleOfficeHolder	Martha Koome ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	all courts in Kenya ⓘ
heads	Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ
jurisdiction	Kenya ⓘ
legalSystem	Kenyan law ⓘ common law ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge	70 ⓘ
memberOf	Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ
nativeLabel	Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya ⓘ
nominatedBy	Judicial Service Commission ⓘ surface form: Judicial Service Commission of Kenya
officeCreatedIn	1963 ⓘ
officeHolder	Martha Koome ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime	2021 ⓘ
officeType	non-partisan ⓘ
oversees	discipline of judicial officers (through JSC) ⓘ judicial policy in Kenya ⓘ
participatesIn	presidential election petitions ⓘ
partOf	Government of Kenya ⓘ
positionInJudiciary	head of judiciary ⓘ president of the Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ
precedence	among highest state officers in Kenya ⓘ
predecessorOfficeHolder	David Maraga ⓘ Willy Mutunga ⓘ
rank	highest judicial officer in Kenya ⓘ
reportsTo	Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
residence	Nairobi ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of justice in Kenya ⓘ leadership of the Judicial Service Commission of Kenya ⓘ oversight of the judiciary ⓘ
seat	Supreme Court Building, Nairobi ⓘ
style	Chief Justice ⓘ surface form: The Honourable Chief Justice
swearsIn	President of Kenya ⓘ
symbol	Coat of arms of Kenya ⓘ
termLength	until mandatory retirement age ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Kenya → oathAdministeredBy → Chief Justice of Kenya ⓘ

Cabinet Secretaries → oathAdministeredBy → Chief Justice of Kenya ⓘ

subject surface form: Cabinet Secretaries of Kenya