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Martha Koome Sworn in as new Chief justice.
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Martha Koome Sworn in as new Chief justice.

President Uhuru Kenyatta presided over the event. He congratulated the new appointees. In his speech, the President first apologised for delaying the swearing in as he was held up in Mombasa. He reminded the CJ and the judge to practice what the oath office they ascribed to, at the brief event, states. The President told the Supreme Court president and the Judge that it “was not in his place to teach them how they should do their job”. President Kenyatta said he was honored to witness the swearing in of the first female chief justice of the republic of Kenya. Staying off his official speech, the president said: “These people here (handlers) prepared for me a long story for me to say…but I purposely say I will not because it is not for me to tell you how to execute yo...